History of the Boone Family of Northeastern North Carolina from 1799

Author’s Notes

When I first wrote our family history in 1982 I barely scratched the surface. In 1994, based on information gathered over the preceding 12 years, I updated our history and documented the impact of the Boone family on the history of North Carolina, particularly on the development of the black Baptist church within the state. In 1995, that research led to the recognition of our ancestor, Lemuel Washington Boone, by the state of North Carolina with an historical marker.

In 2009, I picked up where I left off nearly 15 years earlier and traced our lineage back one more generation. I discovered that Lemuel Washington Boone’s father, Lemuel Boon, was born in North Carolina in 1799 and lived in Northampton County before moving to Ohio in the mid-1800s. Since then I learned that Lemuel Boon was born in Virginia, most likely between 1770 and 1780.

Most recently, and although I do not have definitive proof, I offer some suggestions on who Lemuel Boon’s father (or uncle) and grandfather may be. I’ve also added a complete genealogy for the first three generations of descendants of Lemuel Boon, courtesy of Michael- Lynn Hale. Michael-Lynn did an excellent job of documenting her sources should anyone decide to pick up where she left off.

I continue to be indebted to the librarians and archivists at the Special Collections Library, Duke University; The Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Elizabeth City State University; the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh; the National Archives, Washington, DC; Professor John Bell, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC; and Paul Heinegg for their assistance in preparing this history.

This research effort is dedicated to the late Philip D. Boone, the late Pierce Boone, and the late Pedro Boone, who with their stories about our family inspired me to want to learn more.

While I have tried to be as thorough as possible, this history should in no way be considered complete. There is always more to research and learn.

Derrick S. Boone, Sr. February 13, 2016

History of the Boone1 Family of Northeastern North Carolina

The history of the Boone family of Northeastern North Carolina can be documented to

1799 and extends as far back as the Revolutionary War era.

Historical profiles of the below family members are presented in the sections that follow:

• Boon Family prior to 1799 • Lemuel Boon (1799 – after 1880) • Lemuel Washington Boone (1827 – 1878) • Calvin L. Boone (1857 – 1926) • Dr. Clinton C. Boone, Sr. (1872 – unknown) • Philip Lemuel Boone (1875 – unknown) • Dr. Rachel Boone Keith (1924 – 2007)

The complete genealogy for the first three generations of descendants of Lemuel Boon follows the historical profiles. Selected historical photographs and reference documents are provided at the end.

Boon Family Prior to 1799

Lemuel Boon is the oldest documented Boon ancestor. Census records indicate he was born in North Carolina in 1799, died in Ohio after 1880, and his parents were born in Virginia.2

Given typical marriage and childbearing ages, his parents were most likely born between 1770

and 1780.

According to historian and genealogist Paul Heinegg, most of the free blacks in Virginia

during the colonial and post-colonial periods, and their descendants:3

• Became free in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries before chattel slavery and racism fully developed in the United States. • Were descendants of a white indentured servant mother and a black slave, freed slave, or indentured servant father. • Very few free blacks descended from white slave owners who had children by their slaves, perhaps as low as one percent of the total. • White servant women continued to bear children by black fathers through the late seventeenth century and well into the eighteenth century.

During the seventeenth and early- to mid-eighteenth centuries, most workers in America, both black and white, were indentured servants. Class distinctions were based on economic status (master/servant) more so than race, and it was not uncommon for slave, freed slave, and indentured black servants to “join the same households with white servants working, eating, sleeping, getting drunk, and running away together.”4 Not surprisingly, children were often the

result of such “biracial camaraderie.”5 It’s likely that Lemuel, his father, or some other ancestor

was the progeny of a mixed race common law marriage between a slave, free black, or black

indentured servant father and a white indentured servant mother.

Until as late as the end of the eighteenth century, free blacks were accepted by the white

community. Mixed race common law marriages among the servant class were common. As the

tobacco economy grew and the need for cheap (i.e., free) labor began to rise, so did the notion

that blacks were property. Racial contempt for free blacks started to develop as the number of

white servants in similar circumstances began to decline.

Seeking better lives and escape from growing racial tensions, free blacks and white

servants newly released from indenture started to migrate to the “frontier” counties of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. Here, land was available to anyone who could pay the taxes and was willing to brave the conditions.

Whilst some North Carolina residents were complaining about the immigration of free African Americans, their white neighbors in Granville, Halifax, Hertford, and Northampton Counties welcomed them. Their neighbors may have been accustomed to living among free African Americans in Virginia; they may have moved from Virginia in company with them; or perhaps they were drawn together by the adversities of the frontier. Neighbor depended heavily upon neighbor, and whites may have been more concerned with hostile Indians and harsh living conditions than they were with their neighbors’ color. 6

In his research on free families of color, Heinegg notes most of the free blacks in North

Carolina named Boon:7

• Migrated from Isle of Wight County and Nansemond County in Virginia and settled in Hertford, Gates, Northampton, Bertie, and Halifax counties in North Carolina. • Very few free person of color families originated in North Carolina. Unlike Virginia, North Carolina had strict laws against emancipation, which required legislative approval. • Geographic proximity made it easy for families to frequently relocate from one surrounding county to another. • Lemuel’s parents were born in Virginia. It’s unlikely he’s a descendent of the Boon family from Bertie County, who migrated much earlier, making it less likely subsequent generations would have been born in Virginia.

By process of elimination, 1820 census records indicate Lemuel may be a descendant of

Moses Boon (born before 1776), head of a Gates County household with one “free colored” male

14 to 26 years old, or Elias Boon (born before 1776), head of a Halifax County household with two “free colored” males 14 to 26 years old. Moses and Elias Boon are the only free black heads of household who reside in appropriate counties, are of appropriate ages to be Lemuel’s father

(or uncle), and have at least one child in the same age bracket as Lemuel. Both Moses and Elias are descendants of James Boon, a “Mixt. Blood” taxable in Hertford County in 1770, born in

1745.8

It should be noted that no definitive link exists between Lemuel, Moses, or Elias. The relationships represent possibilities based on research and available information to date. As additional sources become available, more research needs to be done to investigate these and other possible familial relationships.

Lemuel Boon (1799 – after 1880)

An initial search of historical records found a Lamb Boone listed as the paternal

grandfather of Philip Lemuel Boone, the twelfth child of Lemuel Washington (1827 – 1878) and

Charlotte A. Chavis (1838 – 1913) Boon.9 Given typical marriage and fatherhood ages during

the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and Lemuel Washington’s birth year, Lamb

Boon was most likely born around 1800.10

Naming patterns, geographic residences, racial designations, age differences, and other

records support that Lamb Boone is the Lemuel Boon listed in the 1840 census as the head of

family of ten free colored persons residing in Northampton County, NC.11,12,13,14

Lemuel Boon was born in North Carolina in 1799. On January 6, 1824, 25 year old

Lemuel married Fanny Hurn, who at the time of their marriage would have been about 20 years

old.15,16,17,18 On January 23, 1839, 40 year old Lemuel married his second wife, 21 year old Mary

(Polly) Artis, born about 1810.19,20

In 1840, Lemuel Boon was the head of a family of 10 free colored persons residing in

Northampton County, NC:21

• One male under 10 years old (born 1830 – 1840) • Two males 10 to under 24 years old (born 1816 – 1830) • One male 36 to under 55 years old (born 1785 – 1804) • Four females under 10 years old (born 1830 – 1840) • Two females 24 to under 36 years old (born 1804 – 1816)

The identities of the youngest male and one of the females born between 1830 and 1840 are unknown.22 The two males born between 1816 and 1830 are Lemuel Washington (1827) and

Shadrack (1829).23 The oldest male is Lemuel (1799). Three of the four females born between

1830 and 1840 are Sally (born about 1832), Eliza (born about 1833), and Louisa (born about

1839). One of the two females born between 1804 and 1816 is Fanny. The identity of the

remaining female is unknown.

In the 1850 census, Lemuel is listed as a 51 year old male mulatto farmer who along

with his 40 year old mulatto wife Mary and their six mulatto children is living in Northampton

County.24 Mary is the stepmother of three of the children: Sally, Eliza, and Louisa. Lemuel and

Mary had three children of their own: Bynum (Richard), age nine (born about 1841), Henry, age

six (born about 1844), and Morgeannah, age three (born about 1847).25 Another daughter, Elsie,

was born in 1851.26

By 1850, Lemuel’s and Fanny’s oldest sons, 23 year old Lemuel Washington and 21 year

old Shadrack have left home and are apprenticed to John Brown, a 40 year old male mulatto

blacksmith also residing in Northampton County. 27 Lemuel Washington is apprenticed as a

bricklayer and his brother, Shadrack, as a plasterer. Both sons are listed as black males born in

North Carolina.

Between 1852 and 1870, Lemuel moved to Brown Township in Franklin County,

OH.28,29 On February 25, 1857, Shadrack married Ann E. Griffin in Pasquotank, NC and sometimes afterwards also moved to Ohio.30

Historian Philip Schwarz notes that such moves from slave/former slave states to free

states were not uncommon during the mid-nineteenth century. As the century progressed, slave states passed increasingly restrictive laws to control both the slave and free black populations.

Free blacks began to face declining economic opportunities and started to become the object of

increasing white hostility, especially following the Nat Turner rebellion in 1831.31 The

expanding frontier states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois offered the promise of a

better life and improved socio-economic conditions for free blacks, and that along with the

prospect of “black land” (i.e., land which blacks could own) further fueled migration.

In the 1880 Madison County, OH census, Lemuel is listed as an 80 year old married

black male born in North Carolina. He resides with his wife, Mary, a 72 year-old black female

whose occupation is keeping house. His parents were born in Virginia.32 Given Lemuel’s birth year and typical marriage and parenthood ages during the eighteenth century, his parents would have been born during or shortly after the Revolutionary War, most likely between 1770 and

1780, and moved to North Carolina around the turn of the nineteenth century.

Lemuel is not listed in the 1890 census. Given his age he likely died in Ohio sometime after 1880. Shadrack died on April 29, 1898 in West Jefferson, OH; he was 69 years old.33

Subsequent nineteenth and twentieth century census and marriage records for Ohio continue to list black or mulatto males with ties to North Carolina named Lemuel, Lemuel W., and Lemuel Washington Boon.34

Lemuel Washington Boone (1827 – 1878)

Lemuel Washington Boone, the oldest child and first born

son of Lemuel Boon and Fanny Hurn Boon, was one of the most

influential African-Americans in North Carolina during the mid-

to late-nineteenth century. His efforts as an educator, clergyman,

and leader have had a profound and lasting impact on the

development of the black Baptist church as a religious, social, and

political force within the state and merit further investigation and

recognition.

Boone was born in Halifax, NC in 1827. 35,36,37,38,39 At an early age he was apprenticed as

a brick mason and later employed, until the beginning of the Civil War, in that profession. Prior

to the Civil War he moved to Hertford County and in 1857 married Charlotte A. Chavis (1838 –

1913).40,41,42,43 While in Hertford County he “opened a private school and engaged in teaching for a short time.”44 During the Civil War he moved to Pasquotank County where he remained

until its close, then to Gates County, and finally returned to Hertford County where he purchased

a farm and remained until his sudden death in 1878.45,46,47

Boone was the father of 13 children, 12 of whom were: Isaiah (1856)48, Calvin (1857 –

1926)49,50, Patsy (1859), Fannie (about 1862)51, Pennie (1863), Priscilla (Prescovia) (1865),

Thadeus W. (January 1867)52, Melissa J. (1868)53, M. L. (about 1869), Clinton C. (1872)54,

Philip Lemuel (1875)55, and Esther (1878).56,57,58,59 Two of Boone’s children, Dr. Clinton C.

Boone and Rev. Philip Lemuel Boone, would later distinguish themselves as ministers and

leaders in their own rights. With determined spirit, Lemuel Washington Boone was able to

overcome many of the obstacles that faced blacks in the antebellum South and laid the

foundation for others that followed, and for organizations that remain viable today.

Boone’s contributions to northeastern North Carolina revolved primarily around

education, religion, and politics. In the Reconstruction period following the Civil War, Boone

actively campaigned for educational opportunities for newly freed slaves. On September 9, 1869

and again on November 7, 1869, he wrote to the Freedman’s Bureau requesting ten dollars so the

Campground School could “carry on for four or six months,” $200 per month for the Lincoln

School so they could pay their teacher, and additional support for the Middle Swamp School.60

H. C. Vogel, Superintendent of Education, replied acknowledging receipt of Boone’s request and

asked that he submit a petition to him signed by two or more prominent Freedmen and he would

decide “what can be done.” On November 24, Vogel agreed to pay $10 for the school. 61

Boone’s efforts to provide educational opportunities for African-Americans also extended to higher education. In 1870, he was appointed as an original trustee of Shaw

Collegiate Institute (Shaw University), the first African-American college established in North

Carolina.62 From his election as trustee until his death, Boone continued to work with Shaw

University’s founder, Henry Tupper, in the education of black Baptist ministers.63

Boone’s efforts to uplift African-Americans in northeastern North Carolina and

throughout the state were not limited to educational opportunities, but extended to the church as

well. His contributions to the development of the black Baptist church in North Carolina can be

traced to early 1866 with the establishment of the East Roanoke Association in the Haven Creek

Baptist Church on Roanoke Island.64 This historic occasion marked the creation of the first statewide organization of African-American Baptists in North Carolina, and was conceived to

unite and promote the cause of black Baptist churches within the state.65,66 Boone was elected

moderator of the association, a position he held continuously until his death, and preached the

introductory sermon.67,68,69 As J. A. Whitted states in his book A History of the Negro Baptist in

North Carolina, “from this [East Roanoke] Association has gone the gifted Boone, than whom

North Carolina has produced no greater.”70

The formation of the East Roanoke Association resulted primarily from the inability (or

unwillingness) of white Baptist churches to address the needs of their black members.

Emancipation brought about profound changes within the social fabric of the South, and with it,

profound changes within the church. Pre-Civil War conditions where free blacks and slaves were allowed membership in white Baptist churches but no say in church affairs became increasingly uncomfortable for both blacks and whites. Equality was as unacceptable to whites as continued inferiority was to blacks.

This tension between adherence to and rebellion against social order was exemplified by a resolution passed in 1863 by the Chowan Association, a white Baptist organization established in 1806:

The fourth viz: “Should a church hold in fellowship colored members who have run off from their owners for Yankee freedom, or protection?” was read, and on motion answered in the negative.71

In 1867, the Chowan Association received a “letter from a colored minister, L. W.

Boone”, in which Boone voiced strong opposition to the 1863 resolution. His letter was referred to a committee “to prepare and answer”:72

Your committee appointed to reply to the communication of L. W. Boone, requesting this Association to rescind a resolution passed at its session with the church at Mt. Tabor, advising the expulsion from our churches of servants, who had left their masters and gone over to those then in arms against us, are of opinion that there is no reason for rescinding a resolution which was, under the circumstances then existing so clearly justified by the Scriptures.73

The Chowan Association’s reply to Boone’s letter was indicative of white associations’ continued unresponsiveness toward the needs of their black members. Earlier, in 1866, the same year they had approved the “appointment of Brother L. W. Boon as an evangelist,” the Chowan

Association’s committee on colored members recommended that:74

. . . those [blacks] that choose to retain their membership in our churches be permitted to do so with the same status as heretofore [i.e., no say in church affairs], and that those who may wish to join us, be received on the same terms.75

The committee on colored members also stated that “a letter had been received from L.

W. Boon, a colored minister representing colored Baptist[s] on Roanoke Island,” presumably requesting permission to form independent churches and associations. In response, the following resolution was passed:76

Resolved, [t]hat we approve the formation of churches of their own within our bounds, and we assure them of our cordial sympathy and hearty co-operation so long as they adhere to the gospel order, as understood and practised [sic] among ourselves.77

This resolution served as a catalyst for Boone and the other organizers of the Roanoke

Association to take charge of their own affairs and fully address the needs of post-Civil War

blacks. White indifference and black desire for autonomy hastened the exodus of black members from white churches and associations and led to the formation of their own.78 Boone was instrumental in this endeavor and is credited with founding twenty churches with over 3,000 members.79

In 1867, a call for delegates went out to the black churches in North Carolina to organize a general association akin to the (white) North Carolina Baptist State Convention.80 On October

17, 1867, the delegates met at the First African Baptist Church in Goldsboro and the General

Association for the Colored Baptists of North Carolina was born.81 Boone, instrumental in establishing the association, was asked to preside over the opening meeting and served as the first president.82,83,84,85 He also later served as the association’s fifth president.86 Two years later, in 1869, the association had sufficiently increased in size to become a convention, and became known as the Baptist State Convention.87 In 1889, the convention changed its name to the

Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of North Carolina.88 Later, it became known by its current name, the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.

By 1871, the seeds planted by Boone and others in Goldsboro had grown to include 88 ministers serving churches as far west as Asheville and as far east as Edenton.89 By 1882, the convention listed 95,000 members in 800 churches served by 450 ministers.90 Exponential growth continued into the twentieth century, and in 1900 the convention included a college

(Shaw University), numerous foreign and domestic missionaries, 900 ministers, 1,100 churches, and 160,000 members.91 Nearly 150 years after its founding by Boone and others, the General

Baptist State Convention of North Carolina has grown to over 500,000 members.92

Boone’s abilities and influence were not confined to leadership positions in religious associations, conventions, or on trustee boards, but extended to active ministry and preaching as well. In his book The History of the Negro Church, the famed black historian Carter G. Woodson referred to Boone, well known for his oratorical skills, as a “preacher of power.”93 Charles B.

Williams stated that “Those who had the good fortune to hear L. W. Boone preach, both white and colored, testify that he possessed a gift of oratory and mental ability seldom excelled by men of the best opportunities.”94

Boone was also highly regarded by his white contemporaries. S. J. Wheeler, a prominent white minister, singled Boone out as deserving “praise”:

On the first Lord’s day in November last [1866], a colored Baptist church was organized in this place [Murfreesboro, NC] . . . [by] Elder L. W. Boon . . . . The colored members have built for themselves a church edifice in town, for the erection of which our citizens of every class contributed cheerfully.

They have called Elder Boon to go in and out before them. He has a good report not only among his brethren, but among those that are without. Of his spirit and feelings you can doubtless form some idea, as you were present last May, in the Chowan Association, and read the communication which he made to that body. His labors are in such demand that he has laid aside all secular employment devoting himself entirely to the ministry. His plan seems to be to divide his members into bands, each under an instructor, who looks diligently to the spiritual culture of those connected with him and when necessary calls in the aid of the minister at his monthly visit. The members here have kept up social religious meetings, and the Sunday School has contributed much to the life of religion among the negroes.95

Although the date is not explicitly stated in their history, the church organized by Boone

“on the first Lord’s day in November last” was the First Baptist Church of Murfreesboro:

In 1866, an itinerant Baptist preacher, Reverend Washington Lemuel Boone, organized what became the First Baptist Church of Murfreesboro, North Carolina. The site selected [was] near the Meherrin River, referred to as “Boone’s Hill.”

Reverend Boone and a small group of Christian [b]elievers began their worship services under a bush shelter. Later they worshipped in a slab building. 96,97

Of interesting note, First Baptist’s history states that “Reverend Boone soon moved on to

Suffolk, Virginia where he organized another Baptist Church.”98 Unfortunately, the name of that

church is not known.

Boone’s oratorical abilities were also noted by another white minister, known only as

Brother P.:

Rev. W. Boon, Pastor of the colored Baptist churches of this section, having preached in town on Sabbath, I prevailed on him to remain and aid me in a meeting for our colored members. Last night we gave the main floor of our house to the colored people, and the whites took the gallery. The interest which was begun among the colored people during the progress of the meeting held for the whites, was most wonderfully developed last night, brother B. [Boone] preached a good sermon after which thirty-two came forward for prayer, three of whom professed conversions. The meeting may continue a week or more.99

Another white minister named Hufham writes:

The old church at Edenton has recently been wonderfully blessed. . . . The colored people are now holding meetings in the same house conducted by brother Boon, a colored preacher whose name has appeared favorably in the Recorder and in the minutes of the Chowan association so frequently.100

Boone also used his oratorical abilities for political purposes as well. His report on the

state of the country, delivered in 1869 at the fourth annual session of the Roanoke Association,

provided an indication of his political interests:

. . . instead of men being deprived of their own wives and children, they now enjoy equal rights as american citizens. As soon as the Fifteenth Amemdement [sic] is adopted by five other states, universal suffrage will be a part of the constitution of the United States.

It [the U. S.] is first in peace, Liberty and Republicanism.

Instead of considering a portion of its citizens only as ‘hewers of wood and drawers of water’ the most humble have a chance at, and a right to, the highest places of honor and trust. Already some high positions have been filled by the ‘despised.’101

In 1868, Boone ran as a delegate for the North Carolina constitutional convention but

lost. In 1870, he ran for election as the state senator from district one, but perhaps given the

political climate of the time, was not elected.102 The North Carolinian, a regional newspaper,

remarked:

It is really amusing to witness the effort now being made by the Democrats— bringing to bear all their wits and, as Boone happily terms it, “keenery”—to divide the colored vote.103

Vote for Martin V. B. Gilbert and Lemuel W. Boone for Senators. They are both worth, both reliable.104

In the canvas now in progress, Messrs. Boone and Sykes [state house candidate] are making telling speeches and they are having a good effect. There is no question of their worthiness and ability to represent this district in the Senate and the Commons. The color of their skin is the only charge preferred against them.105

The newspaper goes on to state that “otherwise it is confessed that they are men of

eloquence, ability, information, and a genuine love of country.”106 Despite his defeat, Boone

continued to be active in politics and spoke at the first congressional district’s Republican

Convention in 1874.107 His remarks were “applauded and the enthusiasm intense.”108

Boone’s contributions as a founder and the first moderator of the East Roanoke

Association, the oldest statewide organization of African-Americans in North Carolina, his role in the establishment of the General Baptist State Convention and election as its first president, and his appointment as an original trustee of Shaw University have secured his place in North

Carolina history. The fact that he faced adversity during the most turbulent period of our country’s history and still affected so much positive change sets him above his contemporaries.

J. A. Whitted refers to Boone as a “hero in the ministry and a politician as well, whose remains have rested under the shade in a lonely grave in Hertford County, awaiting the final reward of the just.”109 As a further testament to Boone’s impact and lasting influence, a monument was erected in his honor in 1913, some 35 years after his death in 1878. Dr. C. S.

Brown, President of Waters Normal Institute, whom Boone’s efforts had helped pave the way for, delivered an address entitled “The Work of Washington Boone As I Have Seen It.”110

Of all the accolades bestowed on Boone, perhaps his greatest accolade was given by the

Roanoke Association, one of the organizations he helped found and lead; “It is safe to say, that from his ordination till his death, no person in Eastern North Carolina exerted a wider and more lasting influence among his people than Elder Boone. . . . [He] possessed an ability and commanded an influence held by few . . . he was at all times a fearless and stalwart leader.”111

The Great Monument

. . . a hero in the ministry and a politician as well, whose remains have rested under the

shade in a lonely grave in Hertford County, awaiting the final reward of the just.

J. A. Whitted, 1903.

On January 2, 1913 a Great Monument was unveiled in honor of Lemuel Washington

Boone. The monument (headstone) was designed by his son, Clinton C. Boone. Boone’s grave is in the family cemetery in Hertford County, NC. His wife, Charlotte Boone Huss is buried next to him. The location of Boone’s grave is N 36° 21.052’, W 76° 56.454’, located at 334 Blue Foot

Road, Ahoskie, NC 27910.

Front Inscription: Masonic Symbol. Sacred to the memory of our beloved Father Rev. L. W.

Boone. Died Sep. 18, 1878 in the 49th year of his age

Right Side Inscription: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.

Left Side Inscription: I will make a man out of you. The words of L. W. Boone to his son

Clinton. Congo Diladi diadi dialelamisadio mu zitisa sami. [Congo dialect. Clinton C. Boone was a missionary to the Congo 1901-1906.112 Translation: ‘I will make a man out of you.’]

Back Inscription: Being consecrated to the task of uplifting his fellows in the dark days of reconstruction, by the aid of a pewter lamp and pine knots, he became the Pioneer in Education,

Politics and Religion.

Boone Family Cemetery (November 4, 1995)

Lemuel Washington Boone Headstone Charlotte A. Chavis Boone Huss Headstone (November 4, 1995) (November 4, 1995) 21

North Carolina Highway Historical Marker

In 1994, The North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Advisory Committee of the

North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, approved a proposal to mark the gravesite of Lemuel W. Boone. The committee, a panel of ten faculty members from four year colleges and universities with expertise in one or more areas of North

Carolina history, approved the marker pictured below.

The marker, A-81, is located at N 36° 22.117’, W 76° 57.459’, two miles southeast of Winton,

NC near the intersection of US 13 at SR 1457 (Old US 13) and six miles north of Ahoskie, NC.

On Saturday, November 4, 1995, the Boone Family held a formal unveiling of the marker honoring Boone. The event was attended by over 75 family members and friends, and was covered by the local press. Rev. James K. Brown, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Winton

provided the opening and closing prayers. Helga A. Greenfield, Vice-President of Institutional

Advancement at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC, and Derrick S. Boone, Sr., Boone’s great- grandson, provided remarks. Evelyn Boone Leonard and Derrick S. Boone, Jr., grand-daughter and great-great-grandson of Boone, respectively, unveiled the marker. 113,114,115

Lemuel Washington Boone Historical Marker Unveiling November 4, 1995

Calvin L. Boone (1857 – 1926)

Calvin Boone, born on July 29, 1857, was the second of 13 children born to Lemuel

Washington (1827 – 1878) and Charlotte A. Chavis (1838 – 1913) Boone.116,117 In 1870, 13 year

old Calvin was living in Hertford County, NC with his parents and seven siblings and worked as

a farm laborer. In 1880, 23 year old Calvin worked as a laborer and continued to reside in

Hertford County with his widowed mother and 11 siblings.118

Four years later, in 1884, Calvin married Susette Pierce (born in April 1865) and their first child, Claudius M., a son, was born in November 1885. Layette V., a daughter, was born in

1888 followed by Lemuel W. (December 1890), Robert C. (April 1893), Fannie (December

1897), and Sarah Elsie (April 1900 – June 24, 1944). 119 In 1900, 41 year old Calvin, his 35 year

old wife Susette, and their six children were living in Hertford County, NC where he worked as a

farmer on land he owned mortgage free, next to his remarried mother, Charlotte Boon Huss. 120

Between 1900 and 1910, Calvin married Nancy E. Smith who was born in Southampton

County, Virginia in 1886.121,122 In 1910, 51 year old Calvin and all his children with Susette

(except Fannie), ages 23 to 10 years old, were residing with him and his 24 year old wife Nancy

in Hertford County, NC where Calvin continued to work as a farmer. By 1920, Calvin and

Nancy had had five children: Cecil (May 22, 1911 – October 41, 1936), Evelyn (January 3, 1913

– January 29, 2004), Eugene (November 23, 1914 – December 19, 2005), Philip D. (February 28,

1917 – December 30, 1989), and Edith (July 16, 1919 – July 6, 1990).123,124 The family owned

their home mortgage free, and Cecil and Evelyn who were old enough to do so, had attended

school within the past year. Two more children, Mae (1922) and Leon (February 7, 1925 –

February 23, 2010), were born within the next five years. 125,126

Calvin died on September 10, 1926 in Winton Township, Hertford County, NC due to mitral insufficiency. At the time of his death he was still a farmer and married to Nancy E.

Boone who died on June 12, 1935.127

Dr. Clinton C. Boone, Sr. (1872 – unknown)

Dr. Clinton C. Boone, Sr. was the tenth child born to

Lemuel Washington and Charlotte A. Chavis Boone on May 9,

1872 in Winton, NC. 128,129 While growing up in Hertford

County, NC, he attended Waters Normal and Industrial

Institute in Winton, NC.130 “This institution, established in

1886, was by far the strongest and ablest school of its kind in

North Carolina.”131 “If Waters Institute had done no more than

give to the cause of African missions the Rev. Boone, his

services to the dark continent would have been worth the existence of the institution.”132 Boone later attended Virginia Union University in Richmond,

VA and graduated in 1900.133

Boone was the first missionary to Africa appointed under a cooperative agreement between the Lott Carey Convention and the Missionary Union of Boston.134 He and his wife, the former Eva R. Coles of Charlottesville, VA, sailed from New York on April 13, 1901 and reached the Belgian Congo on May 24, 1901.135 Unfortunately, Mrs. Eva R. Coles Boone died shortly after arriving in Africa.136 Boone later returned twice to the United States for additional education in medicine and dentistry, and then continued his missionary work in Liberia with his second wife, Mrs. Rachel A. Tharps Boone.137

Boone is the author of two books, Congo As I Saw It and Liberia As I Know It. In his second book, J. Harvey Randolph, the corresponding secretary of the Lott Carey Convention, provided Boone the following commendation:

It is with great pleasure that I give to the public this terse statement of my acquaintance with . . . Rev. C. C. Boone, B.D., M.D., whom I have known for more than twenty-five years.

As a student, he was alert, energetic and untiring in the prosecution of his work. His aptitude and fidelity gave him an unusual stand in the class-room as well as with the entire student body.

He graduated in 1900 from Virginia Union University, Richmond, Va. He left almost immediately for the Belgian Congo, in West-Central Africa, under the auspices of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Society and in co-operation with the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. There he spent many years of efficient service, having mastered the native language and taught the natives with great effect.

Seeing the great need of medical knowledge, he returned to America and took the medical course at Leonard Medical School, Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C., and went out to Liberia prepared to administer to the needs of both body and soul.

After seven years of relentless toil, the flu epidemic having taken away the only dentist in the Republic, he again returned on furlough and took a dental course at Bodee Dental School, New York City, that thoroughly equipped him to be one of the best-prepared Missionaries ever sent out by any Convention to Africa.

He rendered untiring service to our own Lott Carey Missionaries, traveling often at night in “dug outs” to relieve their sufferings, and was a physician for all the Missionaries and people that desired his service.

He served for many months as Secretary of the American Legation during the absence of Secretary Bundy. His broad education fitted him to perform this service with honor and distinction.

He has given twenty-six years of his life for the betterment of body and soul of the African people in Congo and Liberia.

As Medical Missionary and Chairman of the Board of Control of the Lott Carey Mission in Liberia, I, therefore, commend him most graciously to the public as a man of merit and deeds; I also regard this dissertation on Liberia, Africa, as a worthy and interesting piece of literature.138

As evidenced by the following passage, Boone’s eloquence, knowledge and oratorical skills were exceptional. Boone delivered this “Centenary Sermon” on December 17, 1922 celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of Providence Baptist Church, Monrovia, Liberia:

Now, therefore, stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the

righteous acts of the Lord which He did to you and your fathers.

- 1 Sam. 12:7

“In the course of human events there comes to us the psychological moment in which we are impelled by some innate motive to stop and carefully analyze the basic principles upon which our success depends. The children of Israel were commanded to ‘Stand still and see the salvation of God.’ The Lord also said to the erring: ‘Come, now let us reason together.’ Samuel the prophet of God said to the rebellious house of Israel: ‘Now, therefore, stand still, that I may reason with you.’ Our Master said, ‘For which of you intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it.’ It is profitable for individuals and nations to take a retrospective view of life. If the ascent towards the goal has been laborious and difficult, pregnant with obstacles, well-nigh inirradicable [sic], one may look backward and gain inspiration by the victories won, of if dejected and overcome by some insatiable desire which has caused your defeat, there is a chance to greatly enhance the prospects of the future by correcting the visible deficiencies. It was for this purpose that the words of our text were uttered

by the prophet. Through the seer, God calls the attention of rebellious, ungrateful Israel to all the righteous acts which He had done for them and their fathers. Therefore, brethren, it is for that purpose we have gathered today upon this auspicious occasion, namely: the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of Providence Baptist Church, that we may mark and emphasize the landmarks set up by them, note their failures, and exult over their ideals and triumphs. Let us here and now, brethren, set up our Ebenezer and thank our benign Creator for the hope, zeal, courage, faith, which He vouched safe unto our illustrious progenitors upon this spot--a spot made sacred by their hallowed tears and blood. . . .”139

As a missionary, Boone had a profound impact on those he served. “Full of zeal and faith in his ability to do the great work of soul saving, Rev. Boone proved himself a great power in the

Foreign Missionary work. Many souls were brought to Christ, and a broad foundation was laid for future results.”140

Philip Lemuel Boone (1875 – unknown)

The below biography for Philip Lemuel Boone is taken from Caldwell (1921).141

Rev. Philip Lemuel Boone, pastor of the First Baptist

Church of Weldon, is a self-made man in the best sense of

the word. His father, Rev. L. W. Boone, was also a Baptist

preacher, the organizer and first President of the Roanoke

Association of Eastern N.C. His mother before her marriage

was Charlotte A. Chavis, a very prominent young woman.

The paternal grandparents of our subject were Lamb and

Patsy Boone, his maternal grandparents were Harry and

Marthe [sic] Chacis [sic].142 Rev. L. W. Boone was the

father of thirteen children, of whom Philip L. was the twelfth. When he reached the age of three

he had the supreme misfortune to lose his father. One can imagine the struggle which ensued in

the Boone home. The widowed mother and the thirteen children had to live and it was necessary

for all hands to assist in making a living. Naturally those of the thirteen who wanted an education

were under the necessity of digging it out for themselves. When Philip L. Boone came of age, he

went to Virginia. He soon realized the need of education. Right bravely he went to work and

attended a private high school. He had been converted when fifteen years of age and when

twenty-two years old felt called to preach the Gospel. He was licensed to preach in 1908, and in

1912 was ordained to the full work of the ministry by the First Baptist Church of Gilmerton, Va.

After he had finished at the private school he was attending Rev. Boone did not make the all too common mistake of considering his education complete. On the other hand, he bought some Theological books and after several years of study was able to pass a creditable examination, making an average of 80 percent. Nor did he cease to study even then. Having learned what could be done by hard work and perseverance, he has continued to read and study and grow. He is now taking an advanced course in Howard University for the degree of B. D.

The early years of his ministry were spent in Virginia. He pastored the Mars Hill Church near Capron, Va., five years and eight months. He preached at the First Baptist Church,

Lawrenceville, twelve months, and while there painted, rebuilt and rededicated the church. From

Lawrenceville he went to the Pine Street Church, Suffolk, where he remained four years. In 1919 he was called to the First Church at Weldon, where he paid off all indebtedness and left

$1,300.00 in the different treasuries. He paid off the entire indebtedness of $2,600.00 in nine months. Now the property is all clear of debt.

Struggling up through difficulties as he has, Rev. Boone knows how to deal sympathetically with his people and his congregation is one of the largest in Weldon. His favorite reading is the Bible, History and Biography, in the order named. Among the secret orders he is identified with the Masons, Sons and Daughters of Peace, The Samaritans and the

Seven Wise Men.

He has no panacea for wrong conditions. He believes they can be righted only by honesty and reliability.

On May 15, 1900, Rev. Boone was married to Pattie Lee Phipps of Greenville Co. She received her education in the Greenville School. They have three children: Oscar L., William

W., and Clinton N. Boone.

Rev. Boone was the first colored Red Cross President appointed in Nansemond Co. He was able, together with his staff of co-workers to raise over $3,000 to help in the winning of the great war. While a common laborer he learned several different trades: carpentry, brick laying and heading making, together with lumber grading. He spent twelve years in book canvassing and selling insurance. He has been very successful in all of his undertakings. He is now auditor of the Neuse River Association, Secretary of the Neuse River Union, President of the Roanoke

Undertakers Association. He has done considerable evangelistic work, has traveled North as far as New York and West as far as West Virginia. Above all, he has made himself a good name, which is more to be desired than gold.

Dr. Rachel Boone Keith (1924 – 2007)

The below biography for Keith is taken from an interview conducted on January 21, 2005 by

TheHistoryMakers.com.143

Detroit physician Rachel B. Keith was born Rachel Hannah

Celestine Boone on May 30, 1924 in Monrovia, Liberia. Her parents,

Reverends Clinton C. Boone and Rachel Tharps Boone, were Baptist

medical missionaries. Her grandfather, Reverend Lemuel

Washington Boone, was a founding trustee of Shaw University.

Keith came to the United States at age three and began her schooling at Richmond, Virginia’s

Paul Laurence Dunbar Elementary School. She graduated from Armstrong High School in 1938, at age 13. That same year, she lost her mother and moved in with her aunt, Dr. Bessie B. Tharps, in Rhode Island. Boone graduated second in her class from Houghton College in upstate New

York in 1943. Keith completed her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine in

1949.

In 1949, Keith was featured in The Boston Globe for making the highest score ever on a medical school test. One-time president of the Blackwell Society, she was also featured in Look

Magazine’s 1949 story about Boston University’s home medical service. After completing her internship at Harlem Hospital, she served at Brooklyn’s Coney Island Hospital before moving to

Detroit in 1951. Keith completed a two-year residency in internal medicine at Detroit Receiving

Hospital in 1953. In 1954, she joined the staff at Detroit Memorial Hospital and entered private practice with Dr. Thomas Batchelor in Conant Gardens. Her hospital affiliations included Burton

Mercy Hospital and Sinai Hospital. She was a member of the Wayne County Medical Society,

Michigan State Medical Society, American Medical Association, Detroit Medical Society,

Detroit Gastroenterological Society and the National Medical Association.

Active in the NAACP and the Links, Keith was a member of the American Leprosy

Mission, Detroit Science Center and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. She also served on the

Michigan Board of Medicine from 1986 to 1993. Keith was married to Judge Damon Keith and had three grown daughters, Cecile, Debbie, and Gilda. She died in Detroit, MI on January 4,

2007.

Descendants of Lemuel Boon First Three Generations

Generation No. 1

1. LEMUEL BOONE1,2,3,4,5 was born Abt. 1799 in NC6, and died Aft. 1880 in Madison, Ohio. He married (1) FANNY HURN 06 Jan 1824 in Northampton Co. She was born in NC. He married (2) MARY (POLLY) ARTIS7 23 Jan 1839 in Northampton Co., NC, daughter of UNKNOWN ARTIS. She was born Abt. 1810 in NC8.

Children of LEMUEL BOONE and FANNY HURN are: 2. i. LEMUEL WASHINGTON2 BOONE, b. Abt. 1827, Halifax, NC; d. 18 Sep 1878. 3. ii. SHADRACK BOONE, b. Abt. 1829, NC; d. 29 Apr 1898, West Jefferson, Ohio. iii. SALLY BOONE, b. Abt. 1832; m. JAMES HAITHCOCK, 01 Jan 1851, NC. iv. ELIZA BOONE, b. Abt. 1833. v. LOUISA BOONE, b. Abt. 1839.

Children of LEMUEL BOONE and MARY ARTIS are: vi. BENJAMIN2 BOONE, b. Abt. 1841, NC. 4. vii. RICHARD B. BOONE, b. Bet. 27 Dec 1841 - 1843, NC; d. 21 Nov 1912, Van Wert, Ohio. viii. HENRY BOONE, b. Abt. 1844, Northampton, NC. ix. MORGEANNA BOONE, b. Abt. 1847.

Generation No. 2

2. LEMUEL WASHINGTON2 BOONE (LEMUEL WASHINGTON1)9,10,11 was born Abt. 1827 in Halifax, NC, and died 18 Sep 187812. He married CHARLOTTE A. CHAVIS13 Abt. 1855, daughter of HARRY CHAVIS and PATSY BOONE. She was born 05 Aug 1838 in NC14,15, and died 19 Jul 1913 in NC.

Children of LEMUEL BOONE and CHARLOTTE CHAVIS are: 5. i. ISAIAH3 BOONE, b. Feb 1856, Hertford, NC. 6. ii. CALVIN BOONE, b. Bet. 29 Jul 1858 - 1861, Hertford Co, NC; d. 10 Sep 1926, Winton, NC. 7. iii. PATSY ANN BOONE, b. Bet. 29 Nov 1860 - 1865, Hertford, NC; d. 01 Mar 1926, Ahoskie, NC. iv. FANNIE P. BOONE, b. Abt. 1861, NC. v. PENININE BOONE, b. Abt. 1863, NC. 8. vi. PRESCOVIA BOONE, b. Jan 1865, NC.

vii. PRISCILLA BOONE, b. Abt. 1865, NC. 9. viii. THADDEUS W. BOONE, b. Jan 1867, Hertford, NC. ix. MELISSA J. BOONE, b. Abt. 1868. x. M. L. BOONE, b. Abt. 1869. 10. xi. CLINTON CALDWELL BOONE, SR., b. 09 May 1872, Winton, NC. 11. xii. REV. PHILIP LEMUEL BOONE, b. 05 Sep 1875, NC. xiii. ESTHER BOONE, b. Abt. 1877, NC.

3. SHADRACK2 BOONE (LEMUEL WASHINGTON1)16,17,18 was born Abt. 1829 in NC, and died 29 Apr 1898 in West Jefferson, Ohio19. He married ANN ELIZABETH GRIFFIN 25 Feb 1857 in Pasquotank, NC20. She was born in NC.

Children of SHADRACK BOONE and ANN GRIFFIN are: i. JEREMIAH3 BOONE, b. Abt. 1856, NC. 12. ii. WILEY H. BOONE, b. Bet. 15 Jul 1860 - 1863, Elizabeth City, NC; d. 27 Jan 1921, Cleveland, OH. iii. LEMUEL WASHINGTON BOONE, b. Bet. Dec 1867 - 1870, Elizabeth City, NC21; d. 18 Jan 1942, Marion Township, Ohio22; m. ELIZA ELLA BOOTH, 21 Dec 1910, Franklin, OH; b. 1876, Franklin Co., VA. iv. UNKNOWN BOONE, b. Abt. 1869, NC. v. UNKNOWN BOONE, b. 1869, NC. vi. SARAH L. BOONE, b. Abt. 1872, NC. vii. MAUDE V. BOONE23,24, b. Nov 1883, West Jefferson, Ohio25; m. (1) SAMUEL WESSLEY TOLES26, 10 Aug 1899, Madison, OH; b. Apr 1865, Madison Co., Ohio; m. (2) ELIJAH MCMURRAY, 28 Jul 1906, Cleveland, OH; b. 1879, Augusta, GA; m. (3) FRANK MCLEMORE, 10 Nov 1919, Cuyahoga, Ohio27; b. Abt. 1873, Birmingham, Al.

4. RICHARD B.2 BOONE (LEMUEL WASHINGTON1)28,29,30,31 was born Bet. 27 Dec 1841 - 1843 in NC, and died 21 Nov 1912 in Van Wert, Ohio32. He married (1) MARY E. LAWRENCE 1897, daughter of UNKNOWN LAWRENCE and ELIZA. She was born Bet. Dec 1841 - 1858 in Indiana, and died Bef. 1909 in Ohio. He married (2) ELIZA NICHOLSON 13 Feb 1909 in London, Madison, OH33. She was born 1835 in VA.

Children of RICHARD BOONE and MARY LAWRENCE are: i. MARY E.3 BOONE, b. Abt. 1868, Ohio. 13. ii. RICHARD ALBERT BOONE, b. Abt. 1874, Van Wert, Ohio; d. 12 Jul 1947, Chicago, ILL. 14. iii. SHANNON MCCLARN BOONE, b. Bet. 24 Jul 1875 - 1876, Van Wert, Ohio. iv. DAISY V. BOONE, b. Abt. 1880, Van Wert, Ohio; m. (1) ISAAC BOONE, 16 Nov

1910, Van Wert, OH34; b. 1872, Madison, OH; d. Bef. 1916; m. (2) CARL OLIVER, 12 Jan 1917, Urbana, OH34; b. 1882, Calloway, MO. v. JOHN W. BOONE, b. 1882, Van Wert, Ohio; m. LIZZIE M. THOMAS, 09 Sep 1907, Lima, Ohio34; b. 1883, Circleville, OH. vi. BIRDIE GRIMES, b. Jun 1882, Kentucky. vii. ADDIE BOONE, b. Abt. 1880.

Generation No. 3

5. ISAIAH3 BOONE (LEMUEL WASHINGTON2, LEMUEL WASHINGTON1)35,36,37 was born Feb 1856 in Hertford, NC38. He married (1) ELLENA LANG 28 Feb 188339. He married (2) ELEANOR TURNER40 24 Dec 1884 in Winton, NC41. She was born Jun 1870 in NC42.

Children of ISAIAH BOONE and ELEANOR TURNER are: i. EUNICE4 BOONE. ii. LOTTIE BOONE, b. Abt. 1901, NC43; m. EUGENE BONEY; b. Abt. 1901, NC. iii. VINCENT BOONE, m. GERALDINE UNKNOWN. iv. NATHANIEL BOONE, b. Jun 1888, NC44. v. WILLIE SHERIDAN BOONE, b. 04 Nov 1889, Hertford, NC45,46,47; m. HATTIE UNKNOWN. vi. CLARETTA BOONE, b. Mar 1891, NC48; m. ISAAC JOHNSON, SR.. vii. BENJAMIN V. BOONE, b. Bet. 12 Jul 1892 - 1893, NC49,50. viii. SANFORD DOLE BOONE51, b. Bet. 04 Oct 1893 - 1895, Hertford, NC52,53; d. 02 Jan 1956, Richmond, VA54. ix. ISAIAH BOONE, JR., b. Oct 1895, NC55. x. JANICE BOONE, b. May 1897, NC56. xi. MARTIN BOONE, b. Abt. 1910, NC.

6. CALVIN3 BOONE (LEMUEL WASHINGTON2, LEMUEL WASHINGTON1)57 was born Bet. 29 Jul 1858 - 1861 in Hertford Co, NC58, and died 10 Sep 1926 in Winton, NC59. He married (1) SUZETTE NICKENS 30 Jan 1884 in Winton, NC60, daughter of WILLIAM NICKENS and SARAH WEAVER. She was born Apr 1865 in Hertford Co, NC61, and died Abt. 1908. He married (2) NANCY E. SMITH62,63 05 Jun 1909 in Cofield, NC64. She was born 1886 in Virginia65,66, and died 1935 in NC67.

Children of CALVIN BOONE and SUZETTE NICKENS are: i. CLINTON4 BOONE. ii. CLAUDIUS MACON BOONE68,69, b. 30 Nov 1885, NC70,71; m. KATHRYN SMITH. iii. SUZETTE BOONE, b. Aug 1888, NC72.

iv. LORETTA (LOYETTE) V. BOONE73,74, b. Abt. 1889, NC; m. JAMES MCKENNEY. v. LEMUEL WASHINGTON BOONE75,76, b. Bet. 12 Dec 1891 - 1893, NC77,78; d. 28 Mar 1931, Winton, NC79; m. LULA L. JONES, 12 Oct 1916, Hertford Co., NC80; b. Jan 1892, NC; d. Aft. 1931. vi. ROBERT CALVIN BOONE, b. 27 Apr 1893, NC81,82; d. 22 Jan 1942, Hertford Co, NC; m. OLLIE EVA LANG83, 1916; b. 18 Apr 1894, Hertford Co, NC; d. 18 Jul 1948, Hertford Co, NC84. vii. FANNIE BOONE, b. Dec 1897, NC85; m. DAVID MARTIN, 24 May 1918, Murfreesboro, NC86; b. 07 Apr 1896, Murfreesboro, NC. viii. SARAH ELSIE GENEVA BOONE87, b. 11 Apr 1899, Hertford, NC88; d. 24 Jun 1944, Ahoskie, NC89,90; m. JOSEPH HAYWOOD PIERCE91, 13 Nov 1919, Hertford Co., NC92; b. 25 Feb 1897, NC; d. 25 Apr 195893.

Children of CALVIN BOONE and NANCY SMITH are: ix. CECIL4 BOONE, b. 22 May 191194; d. 31 Oct 1936, New York. x. EVELYN FLORENCE BOONE, b. 03 Jan 1913, Winton, NC95; d. 29 Jan 2004, Archdale, NC96; m. WARREN T. LEONARD; b. 08 Apr 1905, NY; d. 20 Sep 1998, NC97. xi. EUGENE JAY BOONE, SR.98, b. 22 Nov 1914, Winton, NC99,100,101; d. 19 Dec 2005; m. (1) MAURICE HALL; d. Bef. 1993; m. (2) MAE T. BARBEE, Virginia; m. (3) JANET HARE SCOTT, 01 May 1993. xii. PHILIP DIOGENES BOONE, b. 28 Feb 1917, Winton, NC102,103,104; d. 30 Dec 1989, Greensboro, NC; m. MAGGIE HARDY, 25 Nov 1955, Greensboro, NC105; b. 1927, Bertie, NC106. xiii. EDITH ANTONETTE BOONE107, b. 16 Jul 1919, Winton, NC108; d. Bef. 2010; m. GEORGE L. DANIELS. xiv. MAE E. BOONE109, b. 24 Jul 1922, Winton, NC110; m. HIRAM L. BELL, SR.. xv. CARROL LEON BOONE, b. 07 Feb 1925, Winton, NC; d. 23 Feb 2010; m. (1) VIRGINIA LUCAS; m. (2) IDELL JONES RANDALL, 1992.

7. PATSY ANN3 BOONE (LEMUEL WASHINGTON2, LEMUEL WASHINGTON1)111,112,113 was born Bet. 29 Nov 1860 - 1865 in Hertford, NC114,115, and died 01 Mar 1926 in Ahoskie, NC116. She met (1) UNKNOWN. She married (2) JOHN A. HALE117 20 Feb 1880 in Winton, NC118, son of JOHN HALE and CHRISTIAN FLOOD. He was born Abt. 1859 in Bertie, North Carolina119, and died Abt. 1883. She married (3) JOHN JESSIE MANLEY120,121 02 Oct 1883 in Winton, NC122,123, son of ELIAS MANLEY and MARTHA UNKNOWN. He was born Aug 1846 in NC124,125, and died 14 Feb 1918 in Harrellsville, NC126.

Child of PATSY BOONE and UNKNOWN is: i. SANKIE MOODY4 BOONE127, b. Abt. 1875, NC.

Children of PATSY BOONE and JOHN HALE are: ii. JOHN W.4 HALE, JR., b. Oct 1880, NC128,129,130. iii. MARTIN LUTHER HALE, b. Feb 1882, NC131.

Children of PATSY BOONE and JOHN MANLEY are: iv. DANIEL4 MANLEY, d. age 2 or 3; died from burns. v. JERUSHA MANLEY, d. infancy. vi. KATIE JANE MANLEY132,133,134,135, b. 11 Apr 1884, Hertford Co., NC136,137,138,139; d. 25 Oct 1960, Ahoskie, NC140,141; m. (1) UNKNOWN; m. (2) GEORGE DAVID MANLEY142, 08 Nov 1905, Winton, NC143,144; b. 28 Oct 1864, Bertie Co., NC145; d. 07 Mar 1939, Winton, NC146,147. vii. CHARLES SPURGEON MANLEY148,149,150, b. 29 May 1886, Cofield, NC151,152,153,154; d. Jun 1975, Philadelphia, PA155; m. (1) ALICE M. SCOTT, 15 Apr 1915, Delaware County, PA156,157; b. 26 Apr 1893, Wawa, PA158; d. 28 Jan 1918, Delaware County, PA159,160; m. (2) ANNIE LUCILLE JOHNSON, 26 Feb 1924, Delaware County, PA161,162; b. 05 Jun 1902, SC; d. Aft. 1976, Philadelphia, PA. viii. EPIMETHIOUS MANLEY163,164,165,166,167, b. 28 May 1886, Cofield, NC168,169; d. 11 Oct 1958, Burkeville, Va170,171; m. (1) ARMITTA FLORA172,173,174, 20 Jun 1915, Hertford, NC175; b. Bet. 05 Apr 1887 - 1898, NC; d. 19 Dec 1969, Elizabeth City, NC176; m. (2) AMY SAWYER177,178, 19 Oct 1947, Portsmouth, VA179,180; b. Abt. 1905, Portsmouth, VA181,182. ix. HERMAN LEE MANLEY183,184, b. 17 Feb 1890, Cofield, NC185,186,187; d. 10 Nov 1981, Newport News, VA188; m. MARY LOU CRAIGE189,190, 15 Jun 1916, Newport News, VA; b. Jun 1895, VA191,192; d. 03 Sep 1965, VA. x. LEMUEL GARY MANLEY, b. Bet. 01 Jul 1890 - 1892, Hertford, NC193,194,195,196; d. 25 Feb 1952, Winton, NC197; m. MADDIE LEE DOUGHTIE198, 24 Oct 1915, Hertford Co., NC199,200; b. 17 Apr 1897, Hertford Co., NC; d. 12 Sep 1958, Ahoskie, NC201. xi. CHARLOTTE B. MANLEY202, b. Bet. 18 Nov 1893 - 1894, Hertford, NC203,204; d. 11 Jul 1914, Harrellsville, NC205; m. FREDERICK WALKER206, 24 Jul 1910, Cofield, NC207; b. Jul 1888, Wayne Co., NC. xii. HATTIE W. MANLEY208, b. Jan 1894, Tunis, NC209,210; m. FREDERICK WALKER211, 27 Jan 1915, Norfolk, VA212; b. Jul 1888, Wayne Co., NC. xiii. EFFIE M. MANLEY, b. May 1896, NC213. xiv. JESSE ROBERT MANLEY214,215,216, b. 08 Sep 1898, Hertford Co., NC217,218,219; m. MATTIE CRAIG220,221, Abt. 1919; b. Abt. 1902, Isle of Wight, VA.

xv. PATTIE LUVENIA MANLEY, b. Bet. 28 Aug 1896 - 1899, Hertford Co., NC222,223; d. 10 Oct 1961, PA224; m. WILLIAM HENRY POLK225, 02 Jul 1918, Philadelphia, PA226; b. 25 Mar 1897, Swarthmore, PA227; d. Oct 1966, Swarthmore, PA. xvi. EVA CORA MANLEY228,229, b. 27 Jan 1901, Cofield, NC230,231; d. 05 Jun 1995, Hampton, VA; m. ISREAL PARKER232,233,234, 21 Sep 1919, Suffolk, VA235; b. 16 Jun 1898, Hertford, NC236; d. 12 Oct 1983, Newport News, VA237.

8. PRESCOVIA3 BOONE (LEMUEL WASHINGTON2, LEMUEL WASHINGTON1) was born Jan 1865 in NC. She married RUFUS B. BECKWITH 06 May 1886 in Goldsboro, Wayne, NC, son of OSBORN BALLARD and FRORA MORRISSON. He was born Jan 1831 in NC238.

Children of PRESCOVIA BOONE and RUFUS BECKWITH are: i. THOMAS R.4 BECKWITH, b. Oct 1886. ii. TARRIFF BECKWITH, b. May 1888. iii. CORLIDA BECKWITH. iv. WAYNE BECKWITH. v. GAVIN BECKWITH.

9. THADDEUS W.3 BOONE (LEMUEL WASHINGTON2, LEMUEL WASHINGTON1)239 was born Jan 1867 in Hertford, NC. He married (1) ROSA HALL. He married (2) JEANNE BROWN240,241 Abt. 1887. She was born Jun 1867 in NC.

Children of THADDEUS BOONE and JEANNE BROWN are: i. PRESCOVIA4 BOONE, b. Aug 1887, NC; m. PRINCE MCCONNEY. ii. CHARLOTTE BOONE242,243, b. Jul 1889, NC; m. ROBERT JACKSON, Bef. 1920; b. Abt. 1873, VA. iii. THADDEUS STEPHEN BOONE244, b. 03 Nov 1890, Englewood, NJ245; d. 12 Apr 1975; m. SARA BRISTOW, Abt. 1909; b. Abt. 1890, SC; d. Bef. 1930. iv. CLAUD A. BOONE, b. Jul 1893, NJ. v. PIERCE BUTLER BOONE246,247,248, b. 03 Jul 1896, Englewood, NJ249,250; d. Oct 1981, Newport News, VA251; m. (1) ROSA C. WEAVER, 09 Jun 1918, Hertford County, NC252; b. Abt. 1895; d. Bef. 1948; m. (2) CLARA ARDELE GARRETT, 17 Apr 1948, Ahoskie, NC253,254; b. 18 Sep 1904, Hertford Co, NC; d. 05 Nov 1983. vi. CLAUDE BOONE, b. 1897, NJ; m. UNKNOWN. vii. HENRIETTA BOONE, b. May 1897, NJ; m. GEORGE BYRD. viii. ANGELINE BOONE, b. Apr 1899, NJ. ix. JEREMIAH BOONE, b. Abt. 1902, NJ; m. GRACE TURNER.

10. CLINTON CALDWELL3 BOONE, SR. (LEMUEL WASHINGTON2, LEMUEL WASHINGTON1)255 was born 09 May 1872 in Winton, NC256. He married (1) EVA ROBERTA COLES257 16 Jan 1901, daughter of JOHN COLES and PRISCILLA UNKNOWN. She was born 08 Jan 1880 in Charlottesville, VA258,259,260, and died 08 Dec 1902 in Africa261. He married (2) RACHEL A. THARPS 22 Sep 1920 in Richmond, VA262, daughter of WILLIAM THARPS and HANNAH UNKNOWN. She was born 28 Feb 1885 in Richmond, VA263, and died 1938.

Child of CLINTON BOONE and EVA COLES is: i. UNKNOWN4 BOONE, b. Bet. 1901 - 1902, Africa; d. Bet. 1901 - 1902, Africa.

Children of CLINTON BOONE and RACHEL THARPS are: ii. CLINTON CALDWELL4 BOONE, JR., b. Abt. 1922, Africa; m. (1) EVELYN ROWLAND; m. (2) LELAR UNKNOWN. iii. RACHEL HANNAH CELESTINE BOONE, b. 30 May 1924, Monrovia, Liberia; d. 04 Jan 2007; m. DAMON JEROME KEITH; b. 04 Jul 1922, Detroit, MI.

11. REV. PHILIP LEMUEL3 BOONE (LEMUEL WASHINGTON2, LEMUEL WASHINGTON1)264,265,266 was born 05 Sep 1875 in NC267. He married PATTIE LENORA PHIPPS268,269 15 May 1900270. She was born Abt. 1882 in Greenville County, VA271.

Children of PHILIP BOONE and PATTIE PHIPPS are: i. LEMUEL OSCAR4 BOONE, b. Abt. 1898, VA; d. 07 Feb 1979, Newport News, VA272; m. CORA GILLIAM, Abt. 1928. ii. WILLIAM W. BOONE, b. Abt. 1915, VA. iii. CLINTON N. BOONE, b. Abt. 1917, VA.

12. WILEY H.3 BOONE (SHADRACK2, LEMUEL WASHINGTON1)273 was born Bet. 15 Jul 1860 - 1863 in Elizabeth City, NC, and died 27 Jan 1921 in Cleveland, OH274. He married (1) CASSIE S. FAULKNER 27 Aug 1890 in Cleveland, Ohio275. He married (2) CHARLETTA BARTLETT276 25 Oct 1913 in Cleveland, OH277, daughter of CHARLES BARTLETT and ROSE BEASON. She was born 1885 in Bahamas.

Children of WILEY BOONE and CHARLETTA BARTLETT are: i. ARNOLD4 BOONE, b. Abt. 1906, Ohio. ii. HORTENSE BOONE, b. Abt. 1908, Ohio. iii. CHARLES BOONE, b. Abt. 1914, Ohio. iv. WILEY H. BOONE, b. 24 Oct 1916, Cleveland, OH; d. 08 Nov 1916, Cleveland, OH278.

13. RICHARD ALBERT3 BOONE (RICHARD B.2, LEMUEL WASHINGTON1) was born Abt. 1874 in Van Wert, Ohio, and died 12 Jul 1947 in Chicago, ILL279. He married BERTIE WALKER. She was born Abt. 1881.

Children of RICHARD BOONE and BERTIE WALKER are: i. BERTIE4 BOONE. ii. DAISY BOONE. iii. MARIE BOONE. iv. RICHARD BOONE. v. ALBERT J. BOONE, b. 19 Oct 1915, Chicago, ILL. vi. IRMA BOONE, b. 29 Aug 1918, Chicago, ILL. vii. FREDERICK HOWARD BOONE, b. 25 Oct 1920, Chicago, ILL.

14. SHANNON MCCLARN3 BOONE (RICHARD B.2, LEMUEL WASHINGTON1)280 was born Bet. 24 Jul 1875 - 1876 in Van Wert, Ohio. He married MINNIE F. WATKINS 14 Aug 1902 in Van Wert, OH281, daughter of JOHN WATKINS and SARAH HUGHES. She was born Jun 1884 in Toledo, OH.

Child of SHANNON BOONE and MINNIE WATKINS is: i. HAROLD4 BOONE, b. 06 Nov 1903, Van Wert, Ohio.

Descendants of Lemuel Washington Boone Endnotes

1. 1850 Census Transcription, Northampton County, NC page 37A, Lists: Lemuel Boon (51), Mary (40), Sally (18), Eliza (17), Louisa (11), Benjamin (9), Henry (6) and Morgeanna (3).

2. George “Boon” Lima, “Electronic,” e-mail August 5, 2000, 1990 Boone reunion book was “interpreted wrong” “Lamb” was misproununciation of Lem, short for Lemuel, and Patsy was mgm of young Phillip Boone.

3. 1840 Census, Northampton, North Carolina; Roll 87; Page: 366; Image: 181; Family History Library Film: 0018096, Lemuel Boon - Males: 1 under 10, 2 ages 10-23, 1 ages 36-54; Females: 4 under age 10 and 2 ages 24-35 .

4. 1880 Census, West Jefferson, Madison, Ohio; Roll 1045; Family History Film: 1255045; Page: 359C; Enumeration District: 68, Lemiel Boone, 80 listed with wife, Mary. Both born in NC; their parents born in Virginia.

5. 1870 Census, Brown, Franklin, Ohio; Roll M593_1200; Page: 31A; Image: 65; Family History Library Film: 552699, Looks like Boan, Lemuel, 71, farm laborer, vaule of personal estate: $250. Listed with wife, Mary, 60 and William Mitchell,13. All three born in NC.

6. 1850 Census Transcription, rootsweb.com, Northampton County, NC, page 37A, lines 32-38, Lemuel Boon 51, Mary 40, Sally 18, Eliza 17, Louisa 11, Benjamin 9, Henry 6, Morgeanna 3.

7. 1880 Census, West Jefferson, Madison, Ohio; Roll 1045; Family History Film: 1255045; Page: 359C; Enumeration District: 68, Mary Boone, age 72 born in NC, parents born in VA.

8. 1850 Census Transcription, rootsweb.com, Northampton County, NC, page 37A, Mary, age 40.

9. “Boone 1990 reunion book,” seventh reunion.

10. FTM Index of African Americans in 1870 Census, “CD-ROM,” L.W. Boon, age 43, Black, Gates county, Gatesville Township, M593, roll 1139, page 8.

11. 1850 census, Northampton, North Carolina; Roll M432_639; Page: 73B; Image: 154. , Washington Boon 23, Bricklayer, listed with Shadrack Boon, age 21, plasterer listed with family of John Brown. a Blacksmith.

12. “Boone 2000 reunion book,” footnote 5 reads “Headstone, Lemuel Washington Boone...died September 18, 1878 in the 49th year of his age.” see notes.

13. 1910 Census, Winton, Hertford, North Carolina; Roll: T624_1117; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0050, Charlotte Huss with William Huss; married 19 years. bore 13 children; 12 living.

14. 1880 Census, Vol , ED 71. Sheet 31, line1, C.A. Boone, Mulatto, Female, age 4?, head, Farmer.

15. “Boone 2000 reunion book,” Family History, footnote 8 reads: “Charlotte Boone’s headstone...born on August 5, 1838 and died on July 19, 1913 The .name inscribed on her headstone is Charolotte Boone Huss.”

16. 1880 Census, New Hope, Perquimans, North Carolina; Roll 977; Family History Film: 1254977; Page: 78C; Enumeration District: 119; Image: 0158. , Shedrick, Head, 52- occupation: Brick mason. Listed with wife, Anne E., 37, and children: Wiley, 17, Len??, 11, Sarah L., 8 and Sankey M. Boone, 5 (Note this is Patsy Boone’s son.).

17. 1850 census, Northampton, North Carolina; Roll M432_639; Page: 73B; Image: 154. , Shadrack Boon, age 21, plasterer listed with Washington Boon, 23 enumerated with family of John Brown.

18. 1870 Census, New Hope, Perquimans, North Carolina; Roll M593_1154; Page: 510B; Image: 369; Family History Library Film: 552653. , Shadrach Boone, Head, 50 listed with Ann, 35 and children: Jeremiah, 14, Wiley, 10, baby 7 months and Cordy Banks, 30.

19. Ohio Deaths and Burials 1854-1997, Shadrack Boon Name: Shadrack Boon, Male. age 69, Death Date: 29 Apr 1898 Death Place: West Jefferson, Ohio. Birth Date: 1829 in North Carolina, Race: Black Marital Status: Married .

20. North Carolina, Marriages 1759-1979.

21. 1910 Census, Clinton, Franklin, Ohio; Roll: T624_1183; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0005; Image: 1067; FHL microfilm: 1375196, Lemuel Boone, 40, laborer, married twice.

22. Ohio Deaths and Burials 1854-1997, Lemuel Boon, 73 bp: NC; divorced; died 18 Jan 1942 in Marion Township, Franklin Co., Ohio. .

23. 1900 Census, Canaan, Madison, Ohio; Roll T623_1299; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 56, Samuel W. Toles, 35 listed with his mother, Julia Toles and wife, Maud V. Toles, 16.

24. 1910 Census, Cleveland, Elijah McMurray 31 and Maude 26.

25. 1920 Census, Cleveland Ward 16, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: T625_1368; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 340; Image: 1185, Frank Malemore? 45 with Maude, wife, 36 and daughter, Gladys, 12 (bp Alabama).

26. 1880 Census, Madison, Ohio; Roll 1044; Family History Film: 1255044; Page: 185A; Enumeration District: 57; Image: 0530. Source Information: , Samuel, 15, listed with parents John W. & Julia Toles and 9 siblings.

27. Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records & Indexes, 1810-1973, page 294, #141466, Maude V. McMurray, 36, married once: divorced April 1916 married Frank McLemore, 46, of Birmingham, Al. on 10 Nov. 1919. Her Parents: Shadrick Boone & Annie Griffith. His parents: Albert McLemore & Carrie L. Hawthorn. He was married once before; spouse deceased.

28. 1900 Census, Van Wert Ward 1, Van Wert, Ohio; Roll T623_1329; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 87, Richard, head, 58, married for 3 years, wife, Mary 41 (no children).

29. 1910 Census, Van Wert Ward 1, Van Wert, Ohio; Roll T624_1238; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 98; Image: 684, Richard B. Boone, 68, married twice, for one year to Eliza, also 68 and married twice. Two children: Addie, stepdaughter, 30,married once and Daisy, 30, single.

30. 1870 Census, 1870; Census Place: Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio; Roll M593_1275; Page: 348A; Image: 199; Family History Library Film: 552774, Richard B., 27, farmer, listed with Mary E., 20, Mary E. 2 and several others with different surnames, including Grimes.

31. 1880 Census, Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio; Roll 1073; Family History Film: 1255073; Page: 334D; Enumeration District: 150; Image: 0679. , Richard Boon, 38, listed with wife, Mary E., 4 children and m-i-l, Eliza Lawrence.

32. Ohio Deaths and Burials 1854-1997.

33. Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02318-5, Groom’s Name: Richard P. Boone, age 66. DOB: 1843 in NC. Bride’s Name: Eliza Nichelson, age 74, widowed, DOB: 1835 in VA. Marriage Date: 13 Feb 1909 in London, Madison, Ohio. Groom’s Parents: Lemuel Boone and Mary Artis Bride’s Parents: not named. Bride’s Previous Husband’s Name: Nichelson .

34. Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958.

35. 1900 Census, T623_1200 NC, Hertford Co., Brantleys Grove, ED 56 Page 12 B,, Isaiah Boone, 44, born Feb 1856 listed with wife Ellena, 30. Married 19 years, 9 children, 7 living. Note: Ellena and Eleanor are probably same person.

36. 1920 Census, VA, Newport News, Ward 3, pg 9B, ED 105, Boone, Izi__, 60, Elleanor, wife, 43, Jannice 21 daughter, Isiah Jr. 23 and Martin, 30. Note, above them on the same page with family of Andrew and Mattie Turner, also born in NC. Occupation : manager, insurance.

37. 1930 Census Online, “Electronic,” Isaiah? Boone, 60, Head, Manager, Insurance. Listed with wife, Elleanor, 43, daughter Jannice, 21, son Isiah Jr. 23 and Marton, 30.

38. 1900 Census, NC, ED 56, Sheet 12?, P. 291A, Boon, Isaiah, head, born Feb. 1856, age 44.

39. Bobbie Gregroy, “Electronic,” e-mail 12/2004, Isaiah Boone married Ellena Lang on Feb 28, 1883. He then married Elenor Turner on Dec 24, 1884.

40. “Boone 2000 reunion book,” lists wife of Isiah as Eleanor with children: Lottie, Claretta, Eunice, Janice, Vincent, Sanford, Willie and Martin.

41. Hertford County Marriage Register 1868-1963, Isaiah Boone, 28 and Elinor Turner, 17, married on December 24, 1884 by King Parker, J.P. in Winton, NC. Witnesses: J.G. Smith, G.W. Collins.

42. 1900 Census, Ellena, wife of Isaiah, born June 1870, age 30, married 19? years, bore 9 children, 7 living - Nathanie, 11, Willie S., 10, Clarah E., 9, Benjamin, 7, Sanford, 6, Isaiah, 4 and Jannis? age 3.

43. 1940 Census, Newport News City, 113-15 page 24, Eugene Boney, Head, 39; wife: Lottie, 39 with 2 daughters: Eleanor, 19 and Eugenia 17.

44. 1900 Census, Nathaniel, son, born June 1888 age 11.

45. 1900 Census, Willie S. age 10, born Nov. 1889.

46. WW I Draft Registration Cards, “Electronic,” Willie Sheridan Boone, 26, single, born 4 Nov 1890 in Hertford, NC. Resident of Newport News, occupation: Porter.

47. WW II Draft Registration - 1942, Willie Sheridan Boone, lists DOB as OCT 15, 1895 (different month and year!). Resident of Westmoreland, PA.

48. 1900 Census, Clarah E., daughter, born Mar. 1891 age 9.

49. 1900 Census, Benjamin, age 7, born July 1892.

50. WW II Draft Registration - 1942, Bennie V. Boone, 48 born July 12, 1893 in Hertford County. Resides in Richmond, NY. Nearest relative: Eleanor Boone, same address.

51. 1930 Census, Richmond, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: 2478; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 54; Image: 425.0. , Sanford Boone, age 36, married at age 25, nephew of Maggie Phillips (widow, 60). Also listed is Mary Powell, 29, Married at age 21 daughter of Maggie..possibly wife of Sanford?

52. 1900 Census, Sanford, son, born Oct. 1893, age 6.

53. WW I Draft Registration Cards, “Electronic,” Sanford Dole Boone, 22, DOB Oct 4, 1894 Hertford, NC. Married. Resident of Newport News, VA.

54. “Daily Press,” Newport News, VA, January 6, 1956, Sanford Boone, of Richmond, died Monday (Jan 2, 1956) in St. Philip Hospital.

55. 1900 Census, Isaiah, son, born Oct. 1895, age 4.

56. 1900 Census, Jaannis? age 3, born May 1897.

57. “Boone 1990 reunion book,” seventh reunion, lists 2 wives: Suzette Nickens and Nancy Smith.

58. 1900 Census, NC, Hertford County, ED 56, sheet 10, Boon, Calvin, Head, born July 1858, age 41, married for 16 years, with wife, Susett and 6 children.

59. General Index to Births & Deaths, Hertford County 1911-1961, 1926, Sept 10, Boone, Calvin, parent: Washington Boone & Charlotte Chavis, died in Winton, in book 9 page 210.

60. Hertford County Marriage Register 1868-1963, Boone, Calvin, 26 and Suzette Nickens, 19 married by J. L. Anderson on Jan. 30, 1884 in Winton, NC.

61. 1900 Census, NC, Hertford Co., ED 56, sheet 10, Boon, Susett, wife of calvin, born April 1865, age 35, married 16 years, bore 7 childen, 6 living: Claudius, Suzette, Samuel, Robert, Fannie and Sarah E.

62. 1910 Census, ED51, sheet 10B, Nancy E. Boone, age 23, married once, no children.

63. 1930 Census Online, “Electronic,” NC, Winton, Cofiled, ED 15, sheet 21A, Nancy E. Boone, Head, age 40, widow listed with 6 chiildren: Eloyse, 17, Eugene, 15, Philip, 13, Edith, 10, May? 7, Leon, 5.

64. North Carolina, Marriages 1759-1979, Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75255-5 System Origin: North Carolina-VR; Source Film Number: 0313965; Reference Number: 2:3VM3QJC; , Calvin B... married Nancy E. Smith; age 23 DOB:1886; Marriage Date: 05 Jun 1909 in Cofield, Hertford, North Carolina .

65. 1910 Census, ED51, sheet 10B, line 64, lists her birthplace & birthplace of parents as Virginia.

66. tombstone inscription, “fig.,” Phillippi - Nancy Boone, 1886-1935, mother of Cecil , 1911- 1936.

67. Anne Hatcher Taylor, Black Cemetery Record, Reunions, and Personality Sketches, Phillippi Church p 13 #404, Nancy Boone ---1996 ___1935 Mother.

68. 1910 Census, Hertford County, Winton Township, ED 51-10B, line 65, Claudius M., son, age 23.

69. “Boone 2000 reunion book,” Claudeous Boone m. Kathryn Smith.

70. 1900 Census, Claudius, son, born Nov 1885, age 14.

71. WW II Draft Registration - 1942, Claudius Macon Boone, age 32. DOB 30 Nov. 1885. Resides 1236 N. 28th Street, Newport News, VA. Occupation: Chipper and Chucker NNSB. Nearest Relative: Calvin Boone, Ahoskie, NC.

72. 1900 Census, Suzette Boon, age 11, born Aug. 1888.

73. 1910 Census, ED 51, 10 B, line 65, lists age as 23.

74. “Boone 2000 reunion book,” Loretta Boone m. James McKenney.

75. 1920 Census, NC, Hertford Co., Winton, ED 48, Boone, Lemuel W., Head, 29 listed with: wife, Lula 27 and son Henry J. 1 year, 10 months.

76. 1930 Census, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2113; Page: 24B, ED 69, Lemuel and Lula Boone, 37 with son, Pedro 5 at 2317 North 27th Street.

77. WW I Draft Registration Cards, “Electronic,” Ancestry.com, Lemuel Washington Boone, b. 12 Decem 1891, Black, NC, Hertford Co.

78. 1900 Census, NC, ED 56, Sheet 10, Looks like Samuel Boon, probably Lemuel, born Dec. 1890, age 9.

79. Death Certificate, 81, Lemuel W. Boone, 38, married (Lula L. Boone) Died 28 March 1931 in Winton, NC. P: Calvin S. Boone and Susette Nickens. Informant: Lula L. Boone of Phila.

80. Hertford County Marriage Register 1868-1963, Lemuel W. Boone, 25 and Lula L. Jones, 24, married on Oct. 12, 1916 by W. D. McGlohan at his residence. Witnesses: C.L. Scott, C. J. Boone, Othelo Reynolds.

81. WW I Draft Registration Cards, “Electronic,” Ancestry.com, Robert Calvin Boone, b. 27 Apr. 1893, Black, NC, Hertford Co.

82. 1940 Census, Hertford, Winton, ED 46-15 page 40, Robert Boone, Head, informant listed with wife, Ollie and 9 children.

83. “Boone 2000 reunion book,” Robert Boone m. Ollie Lang.

84. George “Boon” Lima, “Electronic,” Family Tree Maker file, Robert C. boone married Ollie E Lang 1916, daughter of Jethro Lang & Lucy Archer. Born 18 Apr 1894 and died 18 July 1948 (all in Hertford Co.).

85. 1900 Census, Fannie, age 2, born Dec. 1897.

86. Hertford County Marriage Register 1868-1963, 1918, Martin, David age 21 married Fannie Boone, 18 on May 24, 1918 in Murfreesboro by Rv. J.W. Garrit. Witnesses: ?? Stephens, Sills Stephens.

87. Ernestine Gwendolyn Pierce Hicks, July 29, 2006 Boone Family Reunion, Mother’s name was Elsie Geneva.

88. 1900 Census, NC, Hertford Co., ED 56, sheet 10, taken June 21, 1900, Sarah E., daughter of Calvin & Susett Boon, born April 1900 , age: 2?/12.

89. Anne Hatcher Taylor, Black Cemetery Record, Reunions, and Personality Sketches, page 10 - #330, Elsie G. Pierce Born April 11, 1899 Died June 24, 1944. Buried in Philippi Church Cemetery Next to Joseph H. Pierce #329.

90. Death Certificate, 14856, Elsie Pierce, 44, born 1900 Hertford Co., died 24 June 1944. Married to Joseph Pierce (informant). Parents: Calvin Boone & Susette (Pierce!). .

91. 1920 Census, T625_1305, NC, Hertford Co., Ahoskie, ED 40 sheet 16A, Joseph H. Pierce, age 24, married Listed as son of Patrick H and Annie L. Pierce, both age 58. Elsie Pierce, age 19 is listed as daughter in law.

92. Hertford County Marriage Register 1868-1963, P - 1919, Pierce, Joseph H., 23 married Elsie G. Boone, 19 on November 13, 1919 by WD McGlohn, JP at his residence.

93. Anne Hatcher Taylor, Black Cemetery Record, Reunions, and Personality Sketches, page 10 - #329, Military (LC) Joseph H. Pierce, NC Pfc MG Co 365 Inf., WW I. Buried at Philippi Baptist Church Cemetery next to Elsie G. Pierce #330.

94. tombstone inscription, “fig.,” Phillippi - Cecil Boone, 1911-1936 son of Nancy Boone.

95. NC Birth Index 1800-2000 at Ancestry, Boone, Evelyn Florence, female, born 1/03/1913 to Calvin L. Boone & Nancy E. Smith in Winton, NC. In book 3 page 22.

96. Ancestry.com, NC Death Collection, 1908-2004, Evelyn Florence Leonard, age 91 born 3 Jan 1913 in Hertford County died 29 January 2004 in Archdale (Randolph County) NC. Father: Boone.

97. “Boone 2000 reunion book,” Memorial to Warren T. Leonard, cites: April 8, 1905 - September 20, 1998.

98. “Boone 1976 reunion book,” August 27-29, 1976, Winton, N.C., 10, Eugene J. Boone is the son of Calvin Boone and Nancy Smith.

99. General Index to Births & Deaths, Hertford County 1911-1961, Boon, Eugene, born Nov. 23, 1914, in Winton, NC - parent: Calvin Boone. Book 1-525.

100. Boone 2006 Reunion Book , Eugene Jay Boone, born November 22, 1914, died December 19, 2005.

101. 1940 Census, Winton, ED 46-15, Eguene Boone, 24 listed with siblings: Leon, 15 and Edith, 20.

102. “Boone 1990 reunion book,” seventh reunion, Page of Philip & Maggie Boone, “The loss of Philip on December 30, 1989... 72 years...

103. General Index to Births & Deaths, Hertford County 1911-1961, Diogenes Boone, born Feb. 22, 1917 in Winton, NC. Parent: Calvin L. Boone 2-878.

104. US WW II Draft Cards Young Men, 1898-1929, Philip Daniel Boone, 23 DOB: Feby 28, 1917 in Cofield, NC. Lists sister, Miss Edith Antoinette Boone.

105. North Carolina, Marriages 1759-1979, Phillip Daniel Boone, 38 married Maggie Hardy 27.

106. 1940 Census, Roxobel, Bertie, NC; Roll: T627_2874; Page: 6B; ED: 8-14, Maggie Hardy, 12 with parents: Thomas, 39 & Helen, 32 and siblings: Aubrey May, Dorothy Lee, & Emma Dell.

107. “Boone 1976 reunion book,” August 27-29, 1976, Winton, N.C., 6, Edith is the daughter of Calvin Boone and Nancy Smith.

108. General Index to Births & Deaths, Hertford County 1911-1961, Boon, Edith, born July 16, 1919 in Winton, NC, Parent: Calvin Boone, see Bk 3, 456.

109. “Boone 1976 reunion book,” August 27-29, 1976, Winton, N.C., 7, Mae E. Boone is the daughter of Calvin Boone and Nancy Smith.

110. General Index to Births & Deaths, Hertford County 1911-1961, Boon, Mae E., born July 24?, 1922 in Winton. Parent: Calvin Boone. See Book 6, 507.

111. 1910 Census, NC, Hertford County, ED 51, page 10A, line 31, Pattie A. Manley, age 49, married twice, mother of 17 children, 11 living.

112. 1900 Census, roll 106, vol 34, NC, Hertford Co., ED 56, sheet 7, line 51, Pattie Manly, born Nov. 1860, age 39, bore 16 children, 11 living.

113. 1880 Census, NC, Bertie, Colerain, ED 9, Hale, Killy, 50 listed with son, John 21, Martha, 20, daughter (Probably Patsy since couple married in Feb 1880), sons: Henry 10 and Jack 9.

114. 1910 Census, ED 51 Sheet 10A, line 31, lists age as 49, married 21 years, birthed 17 children, 11 living.

115. 1900 soundex, “Pattie Manly’” DOB November 1860, age 39.

116. Death Certificate, 404, Pattie Manley, age 60, widow of Jno J. Manly, born Nov 29, 1865 in Hertford, NC. Died March 1, 1926 in Ahoskie of bronchitis. Parens: Washington Boone & Charlottie Chavas. Informant: Hermon L. Manley.

117. “Boone 1990 reunion book,” seventh reunion, 24, lists John Hale as spouse and 3 sons.

118. Hertford County Marriage Register 1868-1963, Jno A. Hale, 21, of Bertie Co. & Martha A. Boone, 21, of Hertford Co.,married by Emmanuel Reynolds in Winton, NC on February 20, 1880. Witnesses: Cal. Boon, Jesse W. Jones, Nancy E. Hale.

119. Hertford County Marriage Register 1868-1963, Jno A. Hale, age 21, from Bertie County at time of marriage, 20 Feb. 1880.

120. “Boone 1990 reunion book,” seventh reunion.

121. 1910 Census, ED51-page 10A, line 30, 116-121, John J. Manley, age 60, married once.

122. 1900 Census, married 15 years (about 1885).

123. Hertford County Marriage Register 1868-1963, Manley, John J., 28, and Martha Hale, 24 (both of Hertford County) married on Oct. 2, 1883 by C. M. Pruden, J.P. Witnesses: Calvin Boon, J. J. Keen, and G. L. Bourous?

124. 1910 Census, ED51 sheet 10A, line 30, lists age as 60.

125. 1900 Census, T623_1200, NC, Hertford County, Brantley Grove Township, page 286, ED 56, sheet 7A, line 50, born August 1846 age 53.

126. Death Certificate, #147, certificate No.5, John Jessie Manly, died Feb. 14, 1918 in Harrellsville, NC; cause of death: consumption. Male, Negro, married, age 69 (no DOB given). Occupation: Farmer. Education: “Ordinary”. Father: Elias Manley, born in NC; maiden name of mother “not known”; her birthplace, NC. Informant: Joseph Manley. Undertaker: HCW Union of Winton, NC,.

127. 1880 Census, New Hope, Perquimans, North Carolina; Roll 977; Family History Film: 1254977; Page: 78C; Enumeration District: 119; Image: 0158. , There is a Sankey M. Boon, 5, listed as the son of Shedrick and Ann Boon. Shadrack may be Patsy’s uncle (Lemuel’s brother).

128. 1900 soundex, age 19, DOB October 1880.

129. 1900 Census, Vol 34, ED 56, sheet 7, line 52, John, son of Pattie, born, October 1880, age 19.

130. 1910 Census, NC, Hertford, Winton, ED 50-08A, Hail, John, age 29 single - listed with family of Emperor Jones and a Frank Manly, 34, single. Age is correct for John....

131. 1900 Census, roll Vol 34, ED 56, sheet 7, line 53, Martin L., son of Pattie Manley, born February 1882, age 18.

132. 1910 Census, film , Vol , ED 42, Sheet15A, Line 10, List Katie as 2nd wife of George D. Manley, age 25, Mulatto, mother of 8 children, 8 children living.

133. “Boone 1990 reunion book,” seventh reunion.

134. August 1971 first Manley family reunion, birthdates for everyone except Clarence were obtained at this reunion.

135. 1930 Census Online, “Electronic,” T626_1699, NC, Hertford County, Harrellsville, ED 5, Sheet 3b, image 0385, Manly, Katie, age 45, married at age 20, enumerated with George Manly, husband, age 64 and children: Howard, 18, John c., 16, Horace, 14, Virginia, 11, Walace, 9, William G. 6, Isiah 4, and Pattie, 2.

136. Pattie Marie Manley Norman, birthdates received 1/12/00.

137. 1900 soundex, “Caty J.”, 15, DOB April 1885.

138. tombstone inscription, “fig.,” Born 1884 on 11th (month unreadable), died October 15, 1960.

139. 1940 Census, Hertford, ED 46-15 p 43, Katie Manley, Head, 53, wd, informant, listed with 5 children: Wallace, Virginia, William, Isiah and Patty along with Fred & Purcell Bowser, grandsons 10 & 6 and son Horace and his wife, Gladys.

140. tombstone inscription, “fig.,” b. ? 11, 1884, died October 25, 1960.

141. Death Certificate, page 169, Katie Jane Manley, died 10/25/1960 of head injury from auto accident. DOB: April 11, 1891, age at death: 69. Parents: Jesse Manley & Pattie Ann Boone. Husband: George Manley. Buried 10/28/1960 in Family Cemetery in Hertford Co., Reyndols & Son, funeral home. Informant: Mrs. Alice Reynolds. (NOTE: Year for birth is not consistent with date on tombstone, or information from daughter, Pattie.

142. 1910 Census, Harrellsville, Hertford, North Carolina; Roll: T624_1117; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0042, George 46, Mulatto, second marriage.

143. 1910 Census, ED 42 Sheet 10A, lines 9 & 10, lists couple as married 5 years.

144. Marriage Certificate, copy received by e-mail from Angenita, Katie J. Manley, daughter of John J. Manly and Pattie A. Manley, married Geo. D. Manly, son of Armecia Hall on November 8, 1905 at So. Winton Bapt. Church in Winton, NC. Minister, C.S. Brown. Witness ? Weaver, J.W. Outlaw and Texana Askew.

145. 1900 Census, T623_1200, NC, Hertford Co., Winton, ED 55, sheet 2A, line 40, Geo D. Manly, born October 1864, age 35, married 12 years .

146. 1930 Census Online, “Electronic,” T626_1699, NC, Hertford County, Harrellsville, ED 5, Sheet 3B, image 0385, George Manly, Head, age 64, 24 when first married. Living on State Highway no. 35 (?).

147. Death Certificate, cert #7, page 147, George D. Manley of Cofield, NC died Mar. 9, 1939 of hypertensive heart disease. DOB: Oct. 28, 1864, age at death: 74 y, 4 mo. 9 days. Wife & Informant: Katie J. Manley. Occupation: farming/tenant. Parents: George David Manley and Katie J. Manley (an error!) Buried in Cofield, NC on March 9, 1939 by Brode Reynolds of Ahoskie.

148. “12th Manley Reunion Book - 1993,” August 21, 1993, source for spouses names.

149. 1920 Census, PA, Delaware Co., Morton, Ed 185 pg 7A, Charles S. Manley, 34, Widower, bp: NC. , son in law of Fannie G. Scott, 48 (Head) with Herman E and Thelma N (ages 3 and 1) and also William and Pattie Polk.

150. 1930 Census, PA, Delaware County, Morton, Manley, Charles, Head, 40 Listed with wife, Lucile, 27 and 2 children: Herman and Thelma.

151. 1900 soundex, age 14, DOB may 1886.

152. WW I Draft Registration Cards, “Electronic,” A615 - September 1918, Charles Spurgeon Manley, resident of Delaware Co., PA. age 32, DOB: May 29, 1886. Laborer for Osterman Coach Co. in Eddystone, PA. Nearest Relative: Patty A. Manley, mother, res. of Cofield, NC. Medium build and height, black hair and eyes.

153. WW II Draft Registration - 1942, Serial #2218, Charles Spurgeon Manley, age 55 , bp Colfield, NC. on May 29, 1886. Lucille Manley both of 614 N. Frazier St. , Phila., PA. Employer: Strath Haven Inn, Swarthmore, PA.

154. 1940 Census, Morton, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3494; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 23-126, Charles Manley, 53 b-i-law of Naomi S. Hubert (inf) Also listed: Fannie Scott, her mother, 68 and brother: Elwood Hubert 46. Note he lived in Beaufort SC in 1935.

155. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), “Electronic,” Charles Manely born 29 May 1886, died June 1975; last residence: Philadelphia PA.

156. Delaware County Archives, Charles S. Manley and Alice M. Scott, #19710, April 15, 1915.

157. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - County of Delaware, Marriage License, Chas. S. Manley born May 29, 1886 in NC & Alice M. Scott b. April 26, 1893 in Wawa, PA. His parents: Jessie J. Manley and Pattie A. Manley; her parents: Wm. L. Scott & Fannie F. Smithers Scott. license: April 15, 1915.

158. 1900 Census, PA, Delaware Co., Morton, ED 186, Alice Scott, age 7, born April 1893, daughter of William and Fannie Scott (ages 31 and 28), 2 siblings: Naomi 4 and Edith 1?/12.

159. August 1971 first Manley family reunion, original reunion notes.

160. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - County of Delaware, Marriage License, Marriage License for Chas. S. Manley and Annie Lucille Johnson lists Jan. 28, 1918 as date of death for his first wife.

161. Delaware County Archives, Charles S. Manley & Annie L. Johnson, #37495 on February 26, 1924.

162. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - County of Delaware, Marriage License, Second Marriage for Chas. S. Manley; first marriage for Annie Lucille Johnson - DOB June 5, 1902 SC. Parents: Pintney & Carrie Johnson of SC.

163. 1910 Census, NC, Hertford County, ED 51, sheet 10A, line 36, name spelled Epimetheus, listed age 15.

164. August 1971 first Manley family reunion, Epemethius “E.P.”, had 4 wives, 3 children by first wife.

165. 1920 Census, VA, Wythe Co., Elizabeth City, ED 36, sheet 14 B, Manly, Ephermeaphus?, 26, Head. BP: NC. Occupation: Laborer in shipyard Altamah, wife, 27, born in NC, Children: James, 5, Duwinis, daughter, 2, Esta Mae, daughter 4 months. There is a second 1920 listing! Newport, Warwick, Virginia; Roll: T625_1916; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 152; Image: 953. Edward P. Manley 25, Almerla, 26 and three children: James 6, Luvinia 2 and Ester M 2 months. Occupation-laborer in shipyard.

166. Stephanie Dean, Telephone call: 6/18/2009, Frances Manley Shannon identified 6 childen of Epimethious Manlely: James, Aaron Lee, John, Luvenia, herself and Cecil.

167. 1940 Census, Newport News City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4310; Page: 3B; ED: 113-4, EP Manley, Head, 42 with: wife, Matchie (inf.) 36 bp: VA.

168. WW I Draft Registration Cards, “Electronic,” Epimetheus Manly, born 28 May 1886 Black, born in NC, registered in Hertford, NC.

169. WW II Draft Registration - 1942, ser # 3129, Epimethous Manley, age 47, born: May 28, 1886 in Cofield, NC. Resident: 335-24th Street, Newport News. names: Matchie? Manley (Madge???).

170. “Daily Press,” Newport News, VA, Thursday, Oct. 16, 1958 page 59, Epimethious Manley...died Saturday in Piedmont Sanitorium, Burkeville....

171. Hills Newport News Directory, 1937, Manley, Epimethious P (c) pntr h7251/2 Hampton Ave.

172. 1920 Census, 625_1887, VA, Elizabeth City, Wythe, ED 36, sheet 14B.

173. Marriage Certificate, copy received from Angenita 7-30-04; Epimetus Manly, son of John J. & Pattie Panly, married Armitta Flood, daughter of George and Emeline Flood on June 10, 1915.

174. 1940 Census, Shiloh, Camden, North Carolina; Roll: T627_2884; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 15-2, Almeta Manley, 47, Head,( Iinf) listed with children: Lavenia, 22, Francis, 16, John W. 12 and Cecil R. 10.

175. Hertford County Marriages 1868-1872, Manley, Epemetus, 20 married Armitta Flora, 23 on June 20, 1915 by W. P. Watson at home of Sam Flora. Witnesses: Wm Conwell & GD Manly.

176. Death Certificate, 43817, Almeter Flora Manley age 71, DOB: April 5, 1898 died Dec. 19, 1969 in Elizabeth City (Albemarle Hospital). Resident of Belcross, NC. Widowed. Parents: Ephrian Manley & Emmaline ? (NOTE: father’s name is probably her husband’s name). Informant: Frances Shannon (daughter). Buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Elizabeth City, NC.

177. 1930 Census, 1930; Census Place: Portsmouth, Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia; Roll 2473; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 627.0. , George Harris, Head, 32, married at 27 listed with wife Amy, 25, married at 19 yrs.

178. 1910 Census, 1910; Census Place: Deep Creek, Norfolk, Virginia; Roll: T624_1638; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 640. , Amy Sawyer, age 4 - listed with parents and 3 siblings.

179. Hustings Court, Portsmouth Index to Marriages, 1858-1950 , Males -, 1947: Manley, Epimenthious, record in book 8 page 14, cert. #29480 (Matches record for Amy Sawyer Harris.).

180. Marriage Certificate, 29480 Epimethious Manley, 51, c, divorced (married once before) married Amy Sawyer Harris of Portsmouth, VA (Listed as divorced and widowed) on October 19, 1947 by Rev. E. W. Davidson, Baptist Minister.

181. 1910 Census, VA, Norfolk Co., Deep Creek, p. 28B, ED 69, Sawyer, Amy, age 4 listed with parents and 3 siblings.

182. 1920 Census, VA, Jefferson Ward, Portsmouth, p 16A, ED 173, Amy Sawyer, 14 listed with mother, Annie and 3 siblings.

183. “Boone 1990 reunion book,” seventh reunion, wife’s name.

184. 1930 Census Online, “Electronic,” VA, Wythe Col, Elizabeth City, ED 19 sheet 44 B, Manley, Herman, 39, head, married at age 25. Mary L., wife, 32, married at 19. Herbert W., son, 13. Herman worked as driller in shipyard.

185. 1910 Census, ED 51 sheet 10A line 32, lists age as 21.

186. 1900 soundex, age 12, DOB February 1883.

187. WW I Draft Registration Cards, “Electronic,” 568 - June 1917, Herman Lee Manley age 27, DOB February 17, 1890, born in Hertford Co., NC. Occupation driller at Newport News Shipyard. Married with wife and child.

188. “Daily Press,” Newport News, VA, Friday, November 13, 1981 page 60, Herman Lee Manley, 91...died Tuesday in Newport News.

189. August 1971 first Manley family reunion, notes indicate that Herman Manley and J. Robert Manley married sisters.

190. 1930 Census Online, “Electronic,” VA, Elizabeth City, Wythe, ED 19, Herbert L. Manley, 39, Mary L., wife, age 32 married at age 19. Also listed with son, Herbert W., age 13.

191. 1900 Census, 1900; Census Place: Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia; Roll: T623 1714; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 18. , Mary L. Craig, 4 born June 1895 listed with John & Lizzie Craig.

192. 1910 Census, Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia; Roll: T624_1632; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0006; Image: 827; FHL Number: 1375645. .

193. 1910 Census, ED 51 sheet 10A line 33, Name: Lemuel G., age 18.

194. 1900 soundex, age 9, DOB July, 1890.

195. WW I Draft Registration Cards, “Electronic,” Lemuel G. Manley, born 1 Jul 1891, Black, born in NC, registered in Hertford, NC.

196. 1940 Census, Hertford, Winton, ED 46-15, Lemuel Manley, Head, listed with wife, Madie and 10 children.

197. Death Certificate, 3178, age 59; born 1 July 1892 in Hertford County; died 25 Feb. 1952 in Winton, NC. Parents: Jessie Manley & Patts Ann Boone. Informant: Oscar Manley.

198. 12th Manley reunion booklet, wife and children from booklet.

199. 1930 Census Online, “Electronic,” NC, Hertford County, Harrellsivlle, Distict 4, page 15, Manly, Lemuel G., Head, age 38 married at age 23; Madie L., wife, age 32 married at age 19.

200. Hertford County Marriage Register 1868-1963, Manly, Lemuel, 24 married Madie Daughtie, 18 on October 24, 1915. Married by Rev. C. L. Smith.

201. Death Certificate, 46-60 , 129, Maddie Lee Manley, died Sept. 12, 1958, at age 61 from cerebral accident. Born April 17, 1897 in Hertford Co., N.C. Mother’s Maiden name: Annie Doughtry. Father’s name: Johnnie Manning. Husband: Lemuel Manley, informant : Miss Marie Manley. Buried at Phillippi Church Cemetery, Sept. 15, 1958.

202. “Boone 1990 reunion book,” seventh reunion, source for spouse’s name.

203. 1910 Census, ED 51 sheet 10A line 34.

204. 1900 soundex, “Charlotta”, DOB November 1893, age 6.

205. Death Certificate, 431, Charlotte Walker, age 20, married born Nov. 18, 1984; died July 11, 1914 of tuberculosis. Parents: John R. Manly & Pattie Boone. Note, there are 2 death certificates online-both have same information.

206. 1900 Census, Brantlys Grove, Hertford, North Carolina; Roll: 1200; Page: 6B; ED: 0056, Freddie Walker, 11 born July 1888 listed with parents and siblings.

207. Hertford County Marriage Register 1868-1963, Fred Waler, 22 and Charlotte Manley, 18, married June 22, 1911? by B.O. Williams, J.P. in Cofield, NC. Witnesses Kate Williams and Davis Williams NOTE: There is a second entry for this couple: Fred Walker, 22, C and Charlotte Manly 18 married on July 24, 1901 in Cofield by B. G.Williams, J.P. Witnesses: GD Manly, JA Taylor and Wm. Manly.

208. “Boone 1990 reunion book,” seventh reunion, source for spouse’s name.

209. 1910 Census, ED 51 sheet 10A line 35, lists age as 16, name: Hattie W.

210. 1900 soundex, Hettie Y, age 5, DOB January 1894.

211. 1900 Census, Brantlys Grove, Hertford, North Carolina; Roll: 1200; Page: 6B; ED: 0056, Freddie Walker, 11 born July 1888 listed with parents and siblings.

212. Norfolk Co., VA, Marriage Registers 1853-1935, Walker, Frederick, 27, widowed of Wayne Co., NC. married Hattie Manley, 21, single of Tunis, NC. on Jan. 27, 1915 in the city of Norfolk by F. Williams. Parents: C & M Walker and J & P Manley. Occupation: driller.

213. 1900 soundex, age 4, DOB May 1896.

214. August 1971 first Manley family reunion, Robert Manley married the sister of Herman’s wife (Mary Parham).

215. “Boone 2000 reunion book,” children: J. Robert, Geneva, Anita, Amy & Madge Manley.

216. 1920 Census, Brooklyn Assembly District 1, Kings, New York; Roll: T625_1144; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 43; Image: 655. , Jesse Manley, 23 listed with wife, Mattie, 19 and daughter Jenevieve 4 months; employed as machinist.

217. 1910 Census, ED 51 sheet 10A, line 37, lists age as 13.

218. 1900 soundex, age 1, DOB June 1898.

219. WW I Draft Registration Cards, “Electronic,” September 12, 1918, Jessie Robert Manley, age 20, DOB September 8, 1898. Resident of Hampton, VA. Occupation, Driller for Newport News Shipyard. Next of kin: Pattie A. Manley of Cofield, NC.

220. “Boone 1990 reunion book,” seventh reunion, 23.

221. 1910 Census, Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia; Roll: T624_1632; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0006; Image: 827; FHL Number: 1375645. , Mattie Craig, 8, stepdaughter of William Parham, daughter of Lizzie Parham (Craig?).

222. 1910 Census, ED 51, sheet 10 A, line 38, lists age as 11.

223. 1900 soundex, age 9 months, DOB August 1899.

224. “12th Manley Reunion Book - 1993,” August 21, 1993.

225. 1900 Census, Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623 1406; Page: 3B, William H. Polk, born March 1897.

226. Marriage Certificate, 387538, William Henry Polk, DOB: 25 March 1897 in PA married Pattie Luvenia Manley, DOB: 28 Aug. 1896 on July 2, 1918 in Philadelphia, PA by Rev. John A. Jordan. His parents: David Polk, gardener, born in MD and Jane Fulhmer (dc’d) born in Va. Her parents: Jessie Manley (dc’d) and Pattie Boone. He was a resident of Swartmore and she was a resident of Morton, PA.

227. WW I Draft Registration Cards, “Electronic,” William Henry Polk, 21, b. March 25, 1897. in Swarthmore, PA. Resides: 413 E??, Swarthmore, PA. At Cheyney Training School. Nearest relative: David Polk, same address, (father?). Father bp: Princess Anne, MD.

228. “12th Manley Reunion Book - 1993,” August 21, 1993, source for spouse’s name.

229. August 1971 first Manley family reunion, notes indicate she has 6 children with family “listed in Bible.”

230. 1910 Census, ED 51 sheet 10A line 39, Name; Eva C., age 9.

231. 1940 Census, Newport News VA, 113-15 page 8; resided on Dean Street, Parker, Eva 39 (inf) wife of Isarel, 40 with 7 children: Dorothy, Addie, Isarel, Agnes, Jane, Lenwood and Nathaniel.

232. 1930 Census, Hampton (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: 2467; Page: 6B; ED: 12; Image: 768.0. Lived on Phillips Street., Ezra Parker, Head, 28 -married at age 18. Listed with wife, Eva, 27-first married at age 17. 5 children: Hattie, Dorothy, Addie, Ezra Jr and Agnes. His occupation: Laborer in shipyard.

233. 1900 Census, Chesapeake, Elizabeth City, Virginia; Roll: T623_1706; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 4, Israel parker, 2, born: June 1898, son of John and Viney Parker.

234. 1910 Census, Murfreesboro, Hertford, North Carolina; Roll: T624_1117; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 46, age 13 with parents and sibs.

235. Virginia Marriages 1785-1940, Isriel Parker, 22, Hertford, NC. Married Eva Mandely, 21 of Suffolk, VA. on 21 Sept 1919 in Suffolk. His parents: John & Vina Parker. Her parents: James & Carrie Mandley.

236. 1940 Census, Newport News, ED 113-15, p.8; 1317 Dean Street, Isarel Parker, Head, wife, Eva, children: Dorothy, Addie, Isarel, Agnes, Jane, lenwood and Nathaniel. He worked in Copper Shop at Shipyard.

237. Find a grave, Pleasant Shade Cemetery in Newport News, VA, Isreal Parker born 26 June 1896 died 12 Oct. 1983.

238. 1900 Census, Police Jury Ward 3, Ouachita, Louisiana; Roll: T623_576; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 86, Rufus Beckwith, head, 69 with wife, Cora, 35 and children. Married 13 years.

239. 1900 Census, Englewood Ward 4, Bergen, New Jersey; Roll: T623 954; Page: 2B;, Boone,Gladious W. head, 33, B: Jan 1867 NC, married 13 years. Listed with wife and 7 children.

240. “Boone 1990 reunion book,” seventh reunion.

241. 1900 Census, NJ, Englewood, Boone, Jeanne, wife of Gladious W., age, 32, married for 13 years; mother of 7 children-all living.

242. 1920 Census, NJ, Bergen County, Englewood Ward 3, ED 25, Jackson, Charlotte, age 32, born NC. Listed with husband: Robert Jackson, age 47 bp VA (Chauffeur) and brother, Jerry M. Boone, age 19, single.

243. 1910 Census, 1910; Census Place: Englewood Ward 4, Bergen, New Jersey; Roll: T624_868; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 749. , Charlotte Boone, 21, sister of Stephen.

244. 1910 Census, NJ, Bergen County, Englewood Wd 4, ED 14, sheet 14 B, Boone, Stephen, head, 20 married once for one year. Listed with wife, Sallie, 19, son, John, under one two sisters: 20 (name illegible), Charlotte, 21 and one brother, Gerald? age 8.

245. “Boone 1976 reunion book,” August 27-29, 1976, Winton, N.C., page 11.

246. “Boone 1976 reunion book,” August 27-29, 1976, Winton, N.C., 8, Pierce Bulter Boone is the son of Thaddeus Boone and Zenia Brown.

247. 1930 Census Online, “Electronic,” T626_2469, p. 23A, ED 11, VA, Newport News, Boone, Pierce B., 34 listed with wife, Rose C. , married 23 years, three children: Percy 9, Viola R. and Edward (ages unreadable). Occupation: Mail Person/Post Office.

248. 1900 Census, Listed as age 4; DOB given as July 1895.

249. WW II Draft Registration - 1942, 788, Pierce Butler Boone, age 45. Born in Englewood, NJ on July 3, 1896. Contact: Mrs. Rosa L. Boone, 1236 28th St., Newport News, VA.

250. 1940 Census, Newport News City, 113-15 page 22, Pierce Boone, Head 45, wife: Rosa, 45 and 4 cildren: Percy, Violet, Carl and Julia.

251. “Boone 1982 Reunion Book,” 4th Boone Family Reunion, August 13-15, 1982.

252. Hertford County Marriage Register 1868-1963, Pierce Boone, 23 married Rosa C. Weaver, 22 on June 9, 1918 by Rev. G. W. Watkins.

253. Angenita Boone, Ang, “Electronic,” e-mail 8/8/04, Pierce B. Butler married Rosa Weaver on 6/9/1918 and Ardelle Garrett on 4/27/1948.

254. Hertford County Marriage Register 1868-1963, 1948 - B, Boone, Pierce Butler, 51 married Ardelle Garrett, 44 on April 17, 1948 by Rev. Thomas J. Byrd in Ahoskie.

255. 1930 Census Online, “Electronic,” Roll 2479, VA, Chesterfield Co., Richmond, Madison Ward, ED78, page 2A, Boone,Clinton C., age 56 married at age 28. Occupation: Baptist Missonary. Listed with wife, Rachel T., age 46, bp VA, occ: Public School teacher. Also listed are Clinton C., Jr. 8 and Rachel H., 6. Both children born in Africa.

256. NY Passenger List, 1923 for Monserrat arriving NY February 15, 1923, Clinton C. Boone, age 50, DOB May 9, 1872 in Winton, NC.

257. “Boone 2000 reunion book.”

258. “Boone 2000 reunion book,” Page on Dr. Clinton C. Boone.

259. 1880 Census, VA, Albemarle Co., Charlottesville,, Eva Coles, age 4 months listed with parents John & Priscilla Coles (ages 43 & 40) and 8 siblings.

260. 1900 Census, T623_1733, VA, Albermarle Co., Charlottesville, Ward 4, P12A ED 91, Eva B. Coles, age 20, dob: Jan. 1880, single, school teacher. Listed with parents, Joh Coles, 63 and Priscilla, 59 and sister, Lizzie, 25 (also a school teacher).

261. Virginia Union University, www.vuu.edu/alumni/EvaRobertaColesBoone.htm, “Eva Roberta Coles was born in Charlottesville, Virginia on January 8th, 1880....January 16th, 1901, Eva and Clinton were married...arrived in Palaballa; now the Republic of the Congo,...died on December 8, 1902..”

262. Virginia Marriages 1785-1940.

263. 1900 Census, T623_1738, VA, Henrico Co., Richmond, JeffersonWard (Ross Street #1414), ED 86 p. 5A, Tharps, Rachel A., age 15 dob Feb 1885. Listed with parents: William H & Hannah Tharps, both 43 and 5 siblings.

264. “Boone 2000 reunion book,” Lists 3 sons: Lemuel, William W. and Clinton N.

265. 1920 Census, NC, Halifax Co., Weldon Twp, pg 9B, ED52, Philip L. Boone, 43, Head - occup: Clergyman. Listed with Pattie L, 38, Oscar L, 17 (apprentice/Tailor), William w. 15, Clinton N. 13 (all but the father born in VA).

266. 1930 Census Online, “Electronic,” VA, Nansemond Co., Cypress, ED 5 page 7B, Boone, P.L. Head, 53 married at age 25, occupation: Preacher. Listed with wife, Pattie and 3 children (?) Oscar L., 28, Genea, 10 and Cora F. 19).

267. WW I Draft Registration Cards, “Electronic,” September 10, 1918, Philip Lemuel Boone, age 43, DOB 5 Sept. 1875. Occupation: Minister, First Baptist Church, Weldon, NC. wife: Pattie L. Boone.

268. “Boone 1990 reunion book,” seventh reunion, Pattie Lenora Phipps.

269. “Boone 2000 reunion book,” biography, Rev. Boone married Pattie lee Phipps of Greenville Co.

270. “Boone 2000 reunion book,” “On May 15, 1900, Rev. Boone was married to Pattie lee Phipps of Greenville Co.

271. 1920 Census Online, “Electronic,” T625, roll 1303, NC, Halifax County, Weldon Township, ED 52, page 9B, image 18, Pattie L. Boone, wife of Philip L. Boone,, age 38, three sons: Oscar L., 22, William W., 15 and Clinton N. 13.

272. “Daily Press,” Newport News, VA, Thursday, Feb 8, 1979, Lemuel O Boone, 76, died Wednesday...

273. 1920 Census, Ohio, Cleveland Ward 16, Roll T625_1358, page 4A, ED 340, Wiley Boone, Head, 55 bp NC. Listed with wife, Charlesetta and 3 chldren: Arnold, Hortense and Charles. His sister, Maude is listed above with her husband and stepdaughter.

274. Ohio Deaths and Burials 1854-1997, vol 3479 certificate 1835, C. Wiley H. Boone, 58 DOB 15 July 1862 Elizabeth, NC Died 27 Jan 1921 Cleveland, OH. Father Shedrach Boone, spouse: Charlesetta Boone.

275. Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records & Indexes, 1810-1973.

276. NY Passenger List, 1904; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_460; Line: 2; Page Number: 107, Name: MS. Charlietta Bartlett Arrival Date: 21 May 1904; Birth Year: abt 1888 ; Age: 16; Gender: Female Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: Black; Port of Departure: Nassau, Bahamas; Port of Arrival: New York, New York - Domestic Servant; Destination: Hartford, Conn. Ship Name: Orizaba .

277. Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958.

278. Ohio Deaths and Burials 1854-1997, cert #fn66706, 14 days old - P: Wiley H. Boone and Charleslotter Bartlut.

279. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, Digital Folder Number: 4005418; Image Number: 1725Film Number: 1991635 Volume/Page/Certificate Number: cn 21575, Name: Richard A. Boone; Death Date: 12 Jul 1947 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Age: 73; Estimated Birth Year: 1874; Father: Richard Boone; Mother: Unknown Spouse: Bertie .

280. WW I Draft Registration Cards, “Electronic,” Shannon Machelaren Boone, 43 DOB: July 24, 1875 Res: 604 State St. Milwauke, Wis.Occupation: Stevedore, US Government; nearest relative: Richard Albert Boone, 3742 Fedlar St. Chicago, ILL.

281. Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958.

History of the Boone Family Reunion

The first Boone Family reunion was held in 1973. Pierce Boone, Philip Boone, Pedro

Boone, and their spouses were instrumental in organizing what has become a time honored and highly anticipated tradition. Reunions were initially held every three years, then beginning in

1988 every two. Past reunion dates, host hotels and locations, chairpersons, and themes are provided below.

Dates Host Hotel Chairpersons Theme Location

Aug. 10-12, Hobson R. Reynolds Philip Boone Reflecting the Past 1973 Elks National Shrine Pedro Boone Winton, NC

Aug. 27-19, Hobson R. Reynolds Philip Boone Boone Family Reunion 1976 Elks National Shrine Pedro Boone Winton, NC

Aug. 17-19, Hobson R. Reynolds Pedro and Together Again 1979 Elks National Shrine Catherine Boone Winton, NC

Aug. 13-15, Holiday Inn Four Philip and Maggie The Boone Family: 1982 Seasons Complex Boone Reflecting the Past Greensboro, NC

Aug. 1-4, Sheraton Inn Military Philip B. Boone Foundations for 1985 Circle Eugene Boone Generations to Come Norfolk, VA

Aug. 12-14, Ramada Inn Thelma Boone The Boone’s Family 1988 Ahoskie, NC Reunion

July 26-29, Crystal City Marriott Patricia Coan The Boones, the Past, the 1990 Washington, DC Present, the Promise 67

July 30-Aug. 2, Atlanta Marriott Suites George and Cora Lima From Whence 1992 Perimeter James and Karen McDonald We Came Atlanta, GA July 21-24, Ramada Inn Derrick and Pat Boone, Sr. Honoring the 1994 Oceanfront Past, Preparing Nags Head, NC the Future

July 25-26, Chicago Marriott Gregory Boone, Lynn The Gathering of 1996 Schaumburg, IL Boone Green, the Clan: 206 Jerry and Gerry Boone Years of Growing July 23-26, Holiday Inn Philip Boone and Ross The Tradition 1998 Chesapeake, VA Boone Continues

July 27-30, Holiday Inn Select George and Cora Lima The Boone 12th 2000 Perimeter James and Karen McDonald Reunion: The Dunwoody, GA Children— Keeping the Dream Alive into the New Millennium

July 25-28, Doubletree Hotel Jeffrey Coan and Tiffany Blessed Be the 2002 Crystal City Ridley Ties that Bind— Washington, DC Cultivating Family Unity July 29-Aug. 1, Doubletree Hotel Tiffany Ridley and Patricia Living the Dream 2004 Crystal City Coan Washington, DC

July 27-29, Hyatt Regency Hiram L. Bell, III and Brian Cherish the Past, 2006 New Brunswick, NJ E. Bell Embrace the Future July 24-27, Sheraton Waterside Ross Boone Welcome to the 2008 Norfolk, VA 16th Boone Family Reunion July 22-25, Sheraton Four Seasons Karl Hicks Celebrating Our 2010 Greensboro, NC Roots

July 26-29, Sheraton Four Seasons Tiffany Ridley Expect the 2012 Reston, VA Unexpected

July 24-27, Embassy Suites Derrick and Pat Boone, Sr. Proud to be a 2014 Winston-Salem, NC Boone

July 28-31, Embassy Suites Cory and Elisa Lima Preserving the 2016 Charlotte, NC Legacy

Selected Historical Photographs

Charlotte A. Chavis Boone Huss Wife of Lemuel Washington Boone

Eva R. Coles Boone, first wife of Clinton C. Boone

Rachel A. Tharps Boone, second wife of Clinton C. Boone 72

Clinton C. Boone, Jr. and Rachel H. C. Boone Children of Clinton C. and Rachel A. Tharps Boone

Nancy E. Smith Boone Second Wife of Calvin Boone

Selected Historical and Reference Documents

Meherrin Baptist Church Papers (1867)

September 9, 1869 Letter from Lemuel Washington Boone to H.C. Vogel, Superintendent of Education (Page 1 of 4)

September 9, 1869 Letter from Lemuel Washington Boone to H.C. Vogel, Superintendent of Education (Page 2 of 4) 77

September 9, 1869 Letter from Lemuel Washington Boone to H.C. Vogel, Superintendent of Education (Page 3 of 4) 78

September 9, 1869 Letter from Lemuel Washington Boone to H.C. Vogel, Superintendent of Education (Page 4 of 4) 79

1840 Census, Northampton County, NC Lemuel Boon Household

1850 Census, Northampton County, NC Lemuel Boon Household 81

1850 Census Northampton County, NC John Brown Household (Page 1 of 2) 82

1850 Census Northampton County, NC John Brown Household (Page 2 of 2) 83

1870 Census Franklin County, OH Lemuel Boon Household 84

1870 Gates County, NC Lemuel Washington Boone Household 85

1880 Census Madison County, OH Lemuel Boon Household (Page 1 of 2) 86

1880 Census Madison County, OH Lemuel Boon Household (Page 2 of 2) 87

1880 Census Hertford County, NC Charlotte Chavis Boon Household 88

1900 Census Hertford County, NC James Huss (Charlotte Huss and Esther Boon) Household

1900 Bergen County, NJ Thadeus Boon Household

Reproduction of “A Happy Day at the Old Home” 91

Passport Application, 1923 Clinton C. Boone

Boston Passenger List, 1926 Clinton C. Boone and Family 93

World War I Draft Registration Card, 1918 Philip L. Boone

Historical Maps

Northeastern North Carolina, 1802144

Northeastern North Carolina, circa 1850s145

Endnotes

1 In the 18th and 19th centuries Boone was more commonly spelled Boon, without an ‘e.’ It is unknown when the ‘e’ was added to the name, but it most likely occurred in the mid-19th century.

2 1880 Census Record, Jefferson Township, Madison County, OH, 14-15. Lemuel Boon is phonetically misspelled Lemiel Boan. No occupation is given. He is listed as being able to read and write. Mary is listed as being born in North Carolina; both of her parents are listed as being born in Virginia. Mary is listed as being unable to read and write.

3 Paul Heinegg, Free African Americans of North Carolina and Virginia, http://www.genealogy.com/articles/research/12_heing.html.

4 ibid.

5 John B. Boles, The Blackwell Companion to the American South. (2001)

6 Heinegg.

7 Personal correspondence. Email from Paul Heinegg February 6, 2016.

8 Fouts, Tax Receipt Book, 31.

9 A. B. Caldwell, History of the American Negro, Vol. IV, North Carolina Edition (Atlanta: A. B. Caldwell Publishing Co., 1921, 269). Phonetically, Lamb sounds like Lem, a nickname for Lemuel. Caldwell also lists Harry and Marthe [sic] Chacis [sic] as the maternal grandparents of Philip Lemuel Boone.

10 The minimum legal age for marriage (free people) without parental consent in late 18th century America was 21 years old, with most men and women marrying between their late teens and late twenties.

11 1840 Census Record, Northampton County, NC, 11. Transcribed digital census records misspell Boon as Born.

12 Allan Kulikoff, Tobacco & Slaves: The development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake 1680-1800 (The University of North Carolina Press, 1986). Naming conventions in the south during the 17th and 18th centuries were often used to establish inheritance rights and honor parents, grandparents and favorite siblings. Between 1800 and 1820, nearly 60 percent of families named sons after fathers, and following the Revolutionary War 40 percent named a son after George Washington. Thus, Lemuel (1799) and Lemuel Washington (1827) sharing the same name; Lemuel (1799) having a son born between 1816 and 1830 and Lemuel Washington being born in 1827; Lemuel (1799) being 27 years older than Lemuel Washington (1827), which

is typical for a 19th century parent and child; Lemuel Washington (1827) naming his second daughter Fannie (typically second daughters were named for the paternal grandmother) who was Lemuel’s (1799) first wife; both Lemuel (1799) and Lemuel Washington (1827) residing in the same county in 1850; both Lemuel (1799) and Lemuel Washington (1827) being non-white; and Caldwell’s history support that they are father and son.

13 Donna Przecha, The Importance of Names and Naming Patterns: Why are Names Important and What Can you Learn from a First Name? http://www.genealogy.com/articles/research/35_donna.html.

14 1850 Census Record [Free Inhabitants], Northampton County, NC, 37.

15 North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004. Also, in the 18th century south, first and second born daughters were typically named after the maternal and paternal grandmothers, respectively (Kulikoff 1986). Lemuel’s oldest son, Lemuel Washington, named his first and second born daughters, Patsy and Fannie, respectively, which indicates that Fannie was his mother and Lemuel’s wife, and Patsy was his mother-in-law. Caldwell (1921) incorrectly lists Patsy as the paternal grandmother of Philip Lemuel (Lemuel Washington’s son and Lemuel’s grandson). Patsy (a nickname for Martha) was actually Philip Lemuel’s maternal grandmother, Martha Chavis.

16 1840 Census Record, Northampton County, NC, 11.

17 Holly Brewer, Women in Colonial America, Department of History North Carolina State University (2006). During the 18th century, women typically started bearing children in their early twenties and had on average nine children born about 2.5 years apart. This, along with the minimum legal age for marriage, the 1840 census, and Lemuel Washington’s age again suggests that Fanny Hurn was likely born around 1804.

18 North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979. Date of marriage of Leml Boon (phonetic misspelling) to Fanny Hurn is listed as January 18, 1825.

19 North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004. How Lemuel’s marriage to Fanny ended is unknown. However, given 19th century marriage customs it is unlikely to have ended in divorce. Given the hardships of 19th century life, the birth years of her children, and Lemuel’s date of marriage to Mary, the marriage most likely ended due to Fanny’s death around 1838 when she was about 34 years old.

20 1870 Census Record, Brown Township, Franklin County, OH, 15. Mary is listed as a 60 year old.

21 1840 Census Record, Northampton County, NC, 11. 98

22 The 1840 census lists four free colored females under ten years old. The 1850 lists three free colored females: Sally, Eliza, and Louisa; the fourth free colored female is not listed. Given the birth spacing of Sally, Eliza, and Louisa, it is likely that the fourth daughter, born between 1834 and 1838, did not survive childhood. The 1840 census also lists one free colored male under ten years old. Similarly, he was likely born between 1834 and 1838 and also did not survive childhood.

23 1850 Census Record [Free Inhabitants], Northampton County, NC, 145-146.

24 1850 Census Record [Free Inhabitants], Northampton County, NC, 37. Lemuel and Mary are listed as being unable to read or write. All six children are listed as being able to read and write.

25 Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013. Richard B. Boone, age 66 and born in North Carolina, lists Lemuel Boone and (mother’s maiden name) Mary Artis as his parents. He married 74 year old Eliza Nichelson on February 13, 1909, his fourth marriage and her second. His age at marriage indicates he was born around 1843, and is likely Richard “Bynum” Boon in named in the 1850 Northampton County census.

26 Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001. Elsie T. Winslow is listed as the deceased daughter of Lemuel Boone, born in Northampton County, NC, and (mother’s maiden name) Mary Ann Thomas, also born in Northampton County, NC. Elsie is listed as a 78 year old colored female widow born in Northampton County, NC on December 28, 1851, and was at least the fourth child of Lemuel and Mary Boon. Elsie died May 14, 1929.

27 1850 Census Record [Free Inhabitants], Northampton County, NC, 145-146.

28 1870 Census Record, Brown Township, Franklin County, OH, 15. Lemuel Boan (phonetic misspelling) is listed as a 71 year old black male farm laborer from North Carolina. Mary is listed as a 60 year old black female whose occupation is keeping house. Lemuel and Mary have a personal estate valued at $250, and unlike in the 1850 census both are now listed as being able to read and write.

29 Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001. Given Elsie T. Winslow’s date of birth, the earliest Lemuel and his family could have moved to Ohio was 1852. Mary apparently remarried, most likely after Lemuel’s death sometimes after 1881. Given the passage of time, Mary’s maiden name was misspecified as Mary Ann Thomas.

30 North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979.

31 Philip J. Schwarz, Migrants Against Slavery: Virginians and the Nation (Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia, 2001).

32 1880 Census Record, Jefferson Township, Madison County, OH, 14-15. Lemuel Boon is phonetically misspelled Lemiel Boan. No occupation is given. He is listed as being able to read and write. Mary is listed as being born in North Carolina; both of her parents are listed as being born in Virginia. Mary is listed as being unable to read and write.

33 Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001.

34 1900 Census Record, Clinton Township North Precinct, Franklin County, OH, 37A. For example, a Lemuel W. Boone is listed as a 28 year old black male boarder born in August 1871 in North Carolina. His mother and father were also born in North Carolina. Lemuel Boon (1799 – after 1880) was in Ohio in 1870. His son, Lemuel W. Boone (1827 – 1878) was in North Carolina when the 1870 census was enumerated on July 9, 1870. The children of Lemuel and Charlotte Boone are well documented, so it is likely Lemuel W. Boone (born 1871) is related, but not a direct descendent of Lemuel (1799) or Lemuel Washington (1827) Boon.

35 U.S. Passport Application for Clinton C. Boone issued April 17, 1923. On his passport application, Clinton C. Boone, son of Lemuel Washington Boone, lists his father’s birth location as Halifax, NC which is in Halifax County and adjacent to North Hampton County. This indicates that Lemuel and Fanny Hurn Boon, Lemuel Washington’s parents, may have lived in Halifax County prior to the 1840 census when they are listed as residents of Northampton County.

36 1850 Census Record, Northampton County, NC, 146. The 1850 census, enumerated on November 11, 1850, lists Washington Boon as a 23 year old black male bricklayer born in North Carolina. The date of the enumeration and Boon’s listed age suggest he was born sometime between November 12, 1826 and November 11, 1827.

37 1870 Census Record, Gatesville Township, Gates County, NC, 15. The 1870 census, enumerated on July 9, 1870, lists L. W. Boon as a 43 year old black male Baptist minister born in North Carolina. The date of the enumeration and Boon’s listed age suggest he was born sometime between July 10, 1826 and July 9, 1827. Taken together, the 1850 and 1870 censuses suggest Boon was born sometime between November 1826 and July 1827.

38 Minutes of the Fourteenth Annual Session of the Roanoke Missionary Baptist Association, held with the Church of Christ at New Sawyer’s Creek, Camden County, NC (Raleigh, NC: The African Expositor, 1879), 9, hereinafter cited as Minutes, Roanoke Association. The minutes state that Boon was “at the time of his death, about 57 years of age”. Given the 1850 and 1870 census records, this is a typographical or other error; Boon was about 51 years old when he died.

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39 Headstone, Lemuel Washington Boone, Family Cemetery, Hertford County, NC. Boone’s headstone reads he “died September 18, 1878 in the 49th year of his age”. This suggests that Boon was born between September 19, 1828 and September 18, 1829 which contradicts the 1850 and 1870 census records. Since Boone’s headstone was erected in 1913, some 35 years after his death, his age at death was likely misstated.

40 Minutes, Roanoke Association, 1878, 9.

41 Boone’s marriage record could not be located. Many such records for Hertford County were destroyed in courthouse fires in 1832 and again in 1862. (The 1862 fire, caused by invading Union troops who burned the town to the ground, marked the first burning of a town anywhere during the Civil War and occurred nearly two years before Sherman’s march through the South.) The approximate year of Boone’s marriage is based on the age of his oldest child in the 1870 census.

42 Charlotte Boone’s headstone indicates she was born on August 5, 1838 and died on July 19, 1913. The name inscribed on her headstone is Charlotte Boone Huss. She is buried next to Lemuel Washington Boone in the family cemetery in Hertford County.

43 1900 Census Record, Brantly’s Grove Voting Precinct, Hertford County, NC, 10. In 1900, Charlotte Huss, a 59 year old black female, had been married to James Huss, a 39 year old black male, for ten years. This suggests that Charlotte Boon remarried in 1890, 12 years after she was widowed from Lemuel Washington in 1878. It is also likely that Charlotte was actually 22, instead of the listed 20, years senior to James Huss; prior census records and her tombstone indicate she was born in 1838. Charlotte’s 22 year old daughter Esther Boon (1878) lives with her and James. The census also indicates that as of 1900, Charlotte had 13 children, 11 of whom were still living.

44 Minutes Roanoke Association, 1878, 9.

45 Branson’s North Carolina Business Directory (Raleigh, NC: Branson & Jones, 1866/67, 1867/68, 1869, 1872, 1877/78). Boone was not listed in the 1866/67 directory. The remaining four directories list him as a colored Baptist minister residing in Murfreesboro (1869 directory) and Winton (1872 and 1877/78 directories). The 1867/68 directory did not list a place of residence.

46 Hertford County Deed Book, Volume A (Winton, NC: Hertford County Courthouse), 193. Boone is listed as being a resident of Pasquotank County as of November 8, 1866, the date he deeded 97.75 acres of land he owned in Hertford County to James M. Walding for three hundred dollars. How Boone came into possession of the land is not known. Prior courthouse records were destroyed by fire.

47 Minutes, Roanoke Association, 1879, 9.

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48 A Happy Day at the Old Home, L. W. Boone Monument Pamphlet, 1913, hereinafter cited as A Happy Day at the Old Home. In 1913, Isaiah is listed as being a resident of Newport News, VA.

49 1900 Census Record, Brantly’s Grove Voting Precinct, Hertford County, NC, 10.

50 North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975.

51 North Carolina Death Collection 1908-2004. Fannie Boon’s date of death is listed as February 15, 1915.

52 1900 Census Record, Englewood Township, Bergen County, NJ, 6974.

53 North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979. On February 3, 1886, 18 year old Malissa (sic) J. Boon married 23 year old married 23 year old Leonidas S. Luton, born in 1863.

54 U.S. Passport Application for Clinton C. Boone issued April 17, 1923. Clinton C. Boone’s date of birth is listed as May 9, 1872.

55 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Philip Lemuel Boone’s date of birth is listed as September 5, 1875.

56 A Happy Day at the Old Home. In 1913, Esther is listed as being at the Penn School in Frogmore, SC. The Penn School, founded in 1862, was originally established to teach newly freed Sea Island (Gullah) slaves to read, write, and survive economically. By the early 1900s, the school’s focus had shifted to industrial training and Esther may have taught vocational skills.

57 Faculty of Water’s Normal Institute, Undated Photograph. Esther was also on the faculty of Water’s Normal and Industrial Institute (originally named Chowan Academy and later the Waters Training School, followed by C. S. Brown School) in Winton, NC.

58 1900 Census Record, Brantly’s Grove Voting Precinct, Hertford County, NC, 10. Esther Boon’s birth month is listed as Feb 1878.

59 The 1900 Hertford County, NC census and Caldwell’s (1921) history indicated that Charlotte and Lemuel Washington had 13 children of whom Philip Lemuel was the twelfth. Eight children are listed in the 1870 census. The same eight and four additional children are listed in the 1880 census with Philip Lemuel listed eleventh. Thus, another child was born after completion of the1870 census and prior to Philip Lemuel’s birth in 1875. Given the birth spacing of the children, it is likely that this child was born between 1873 and 1874 and died prior to being listed in the 1880 census.

60 Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of 102

Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865 – 1870. National Archives Microfilm Publications. Roll 11, Unregistered Letters.

61 Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865 – 1870. National Archives Microfilm Publications. Roll 5. Letters sent.

62 An Act to Incorporate the Shaw University, (Raleigh, NC: Shaw University Charter), 1.

63 Archie D. Logan, Jr., Henry Martin Tupper and His Adult Education Activities Among African-Americans 1865-1893 (Raleigh, NC: unpublished dissertation, North Carolina State University, 1993), 43.

64Minutes, Roanoke Association, 1992, 43.

65 Charles B. Williams, A History of the Baptists in North Carolina (Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, 1901), 162. Williams states the association was formed in 1865, which is contrary to other sources.

66 Harold Harvey Murrill, A History of the Roanoke Missionary Baptist Association 1866-1886 (Raleigh, NC: unpublished thesis, Shaw Divinity School). Although he offers no definitive proof, Murrill states that the Roanoke Association may be the oldest continuous broad group of any kind (excepting individual churches) among blacks in northeastern North Carolina, with the possible exception of A.M.E. Zionism.

67 J. A. Whitted, A History of The Negro Baptist of North Carolina (Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Publishing Company, 1903), 106.

68 Minutes Roanoke Association, 1992, 43.

69 M. W. Williams and George W. Watkins, Who’s Who Among North Carolina Baptists With a Brief History of Negro Baptist Organizations (1940), 65. Williams and Watkins misstate the organizational year as 1886, which was after Boone’s death. This is most likely a typographical error.

70 Whitted, 107.

71 Minutes of the Fifty-Seventh Annual Session of the Chowan Baptist Association, Mt. Tabor, Hertford, NC, May 12-14, 1863 (Raleigh, NC: Biblical Recorder Office, 1863), 8, hereinafter cited as Minutes, Chowan Association.

72 Minutes, Chowan Association, 1867, 4.

73 Minutes, Chowan Association, 1867, 13. 103

74 Minutes, Chowan Association, 1866, 10.

75 ibid, 9.

76 ibid, 10. Since the 1866 session of the Chowan Association was held May 15-17, the Roanoke Association must have been established prior to this date in order to have received a letter from them. Given the communication limitations of those days, it is likely that the organizational meeting of the Roanoke Association occurred in early 1866.

77 ibid.

78 James A. Delke, History of the North Carolina Chowan Baptist Association, 1806-1881 (Raleigh, NC: Edwards, Broughton & Co., 1882), 86. Delke states that in 1861, nearly half of the association’s membership was black. By 1880, however, blacks comprised less than one percent of the membership.

79 Biblical Recorder, “Letter From Murfreesboro”, Raleigh, NC, January 16, 1867, hereinafter cited as Biblical Recorder.

80 Biblical Recorder, September 25, 1867.

81 Proceedings of the First Annual Session of the General Association of the Colored Baptists of North Carolina Held With the Church at Goldsboro, NC, October 17-19, 1867 (Raleigh: Mills & Hughes, 1869), 1.

82 ibid.

83 A Happy Day at the Old Home.

84 Logan, Jr., 106.

85 Baptist Informer, “Lemuel Washington Boone” (Raleigh, NC: General Baptist State Convention of N.C., Inc.), December 1992, 1.

86 ibid.

87 Williams, 162.

88 Logan, Jr., 107.

89 John L. Bell, Jr., “Baptists and the Negro in North Carolina During Reconstruction”, The North Carolina Historical Review, 1965, 406.

90 ibid, 408. 104

91 ibid.

92 http://gbsconline.org/history.html.

93 Carter G. Woodson, The History of the Negro Church (Associated Publishers, 1921).

94 Williams, 163.

95 Biblical Recorder, “Letter From Murfreesboro”, January 16, 1867.

96 History of First Baptist Church Murfreesboro, North Carolina, Dedication Booklet (Murfreesboro, NC: First Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, NC, November 22, 1981), hereinafter cited as History, First Baptist Church.

97 Meherrin Baptist Church Papers 1866-1874 and Undated. Hertford County, NC. (Durham, NC: Duke University Special Collections Library). Of note, beginning in 1867, the church clerk changed the spelling of Boone’s name from Boon (no ‘e’) to Boone.

98 History, First Baptist Church.

99 Biblical Recorder, “Ministers and Churches. Edenton”, May 15, 1867.

100 Biblical Recorder, “Revival News From Eastern Carolina”, May 15, 1867.

101 John Bell, unpublished notes (Cullowhee, NC: Department of History, University of Western Carolina).

102 The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, NC: August 11, 1870), hereinafter cited as The North Carolinian. Prior to the North Carolina constitutional convention of 1835, one senator and two representatives per county were elected to serve in the state legislature (general assembly). Beginning in 1836, the state was divided into districts with representation more or less equally apportioned based on district population. Elections were to be held every two years with a total of 50 senators and 120 representatives elected statewide. Districts were redrawn after each census to account for population changes. In 1870, the first district consisted of Gates, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Camden and Currituck Counties, and based on its population was apportioned two senators. Boone and Martin Gilbert (white) were the Republican nominees for the first district from Pasquotank County. Boone missed finishing first in Pasquotank County by a narrow 12 vote margin (Boone 909, Gilbert 921), but since two senators were to be elected, he did carry the county. Both he and Gilbert lost on the district level to Rufus K. Speed and James C. Skinner, both white. The fact that Boone even carried Pasquotank County was even more remarkable considering blacks comprised less than fifty percent of the county’s population. Only three black senators and 18 black representatives were elected to the state legislature in 1870. Of the 18 elected black representatives,

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15 were from counties with a black majority. Five counties with a black majority failed to elect any black legislators. (See Elizabeth Balanoff, “Negro Legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly, July, 1868-February, 1872”, The North Carolina Historical Review, January, 1972; A Manual of North Carolina for the Use of Members of the General Assembly, Session 1913 (Raleigh, NC: E. M. Uzzell & Co., 1913); North Carolina Manual 1989-1990 (Raleigh, NC); Article II, Constitution of the State of North Carolina.)

103 The North Carolinian, July 14, 1870.

104 The North Carolinian, July 28, 1870.

105 The North Carolinian, July 14, 1870.

106 ibid.

107 The North Carolinian, “Proceedings of the Republican Convention of the First Congressional District. The Ratification Meeting.” May 27, 1874.

108 ibid.

109 Whitted, 208.

110 A Happy Day at the Old Home.

111 Minutes Roanoke Association, 1878, 9.

112 Clinton C. Boone, Congo As I Saw It (New York: J. J. Little and Ives Company, 1927), ii.

113 The News-Herald (Ahoskie, NC), Vol. 85, No. 123, Page 1 (February 13, 1995).

114 The News-Herald (Ahoskie, NC), Vol. 85, No. 124, Page 4 (October 16, 1995).

115 The News-Herald (Ahoskie, NC), Vol. 85, No. 133, Page 1 (November 6, 1995).

1161870 Census Record, Gatesville Township, Gates County, NC, 15.

117 North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975. Calvin Boone’s date of birth is listed as July 29, 1861. However, this birth year conflicts with the birth year of his sister Fannie Boon and the 1870 and 1880 census records which list his birth in July 1857. Most likely, his actual date of birth was July 29, 1857.

118 1880 Census Record, Winton Township, Hertford County, NC, 31.

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119 North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 Record for Elsie Pierce. Parents of Sarah Elsie (Boone) Pierce are listed as Calvin Boone and Susette Pierce. Date of birth is not listed.

120 1900 Census Record, Brantly’s Grove Voting Precinct, Hertford County, NC, 10. As of 1900, six of the seven children born to Calvin and Susette were still living. Given the birth spacing of the six listed children, it is likely that another child, born between 1895 and 1896, did not survive childhood.

121 1910 Census Record, Winton Township, Hertford County, NC, 10. No divorce decree or death record for Calvin’s first wife, Susette Pierce, has been found to date; how the marriage ended is unknown but was probably due to Susette’s death. Nancy E. Boone is listed as 23 years old mulatto female, which suggests she was born in 1887. Her tombstone lists her birth year as 1886.

122 North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Hertford County, NC, Certificate of Birth for Evelyn Florence Boone, 878. Parents of Evelyn Boone are listed as Calvin L. Boone and Nancy E. Smith.

123 1920 Census Record, Winton Township, Hertford County, NC, 824. Eugene is incorrectly listed in the census as a daughter.

124 Boone Family Bible, in possession of Eugene Boone. Cecil Boone was born May 22, 1911 and died on October 31, 1936 in New York.

125 1930 Census Record, Winton Township, Hertford County, NC, 32. Census record spelling is May Boone; the actual spelling is Mae.

126 United States Obituary Collection. Carol Leon Boone (February 7, 1925 – February 23, 2010).

127 Boone Family Bible, in possession of Eugene Boone.

128 U.S. Passport Application for Clinton C. Boone issued April 17, 1923. In addition to his birth date and location, Boone’s application contains the suffix M.D. for medical doctor.

129 1880 Census Record, Winton Township, Hertford County, NC, 15.

130 A Happy Day at the Old Home.

131 Whitted, 169.

132 ibid, 170. 107

133 Clinton C. Boone, Liberia As I Know It (Richmond, VA: 1929), ix.

134 Whitted, 59.

135 Clinton C. Boone, Congo As I Saw It (New York: J. J. Little and Ives Company, 1927), i.

136 ibid.

137 Boston Passenger Lists, 1820 – 1943. On July 29, 1926, Clinton C. Boone, his 41 year old wife Rachel A., his four year old son Clinton C. Jr., and his two year old daughter Rachel H. C. set sail from Monrovia, Liberia en route to the United States. They arrived in the port of Boston on August 16, 1926. Clinton, C. Jr. and Rachel H. C. would go on to have distinguished careers in the ministry and medicine, respectively.

138 Boone, Liberia As I Know It, ix.

139 ibid, 105.

140 Whitted, 59.

141 Caldwell (1921), 269-272.

142 This is a misstatement. Philip Lemuel’s paternal grandmother was Fanny Hurn.

143 Interview of Rachel Keith conducted on January 21, 2005 by TheHistoryMakers.com.

144 The State of North Carolina from the best authorities, &c. By Samuel Lewis. North Carolina State Archives.

145 Samuel Breese (1802-1873) and Sidney Edwards (1794-1871), New York. North Carolina State Archives. Note the community named Boons south of Jackson in Northampton County. It is unknown if this community was named for the Boone Family of Northeastern North Carolina.

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